Build Reliability Engineer (Starship)

The role

You will develop global manufacturing procedures and maximize quality through efficient production. You will build new processes from the ground up and improve existing ones to manage build-induced vehicle risk.

What you will do

• Develop manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkouts processes.
• Enforce consistency across different work centers.
• Design and implement tooling for work access, testing, build fixturing, lifting, rigging, and fluids.
• Define and document inspection requirements and procedures.
• Create training for production and inspection processes.
• Author planning, test plans, and training to execute processes and collect data.
• Contain non-conforming hardware in collaboration with quality, production, and design groups.
• Work with design teams to improve DFM and requirement fulfillment.
• Conduct build quality reviews to identify repeat and high impact issues.
• Drive corrective action within and outside of your work center.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or engineering physics.
• 1+ years in manufacturing, quality, and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies).
• Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed.
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department

Nice to have

• Experience with the build, assembly, or integration of structures, avionics, valves, fluid system components, actuators, thermal protection systems, or other aerospace components.
• Mechanical tooling or component design and design for manufacturability.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD Software such as NX, SolidWorks, or CATIA.
• Knowledge of mig, tig, laser, stud, spot, or robot welding techniques, as well as visual, penetrant, x-ray, EMAT, or other NDT processes.
• Involvement in a collegiate or hobby design project (Formula SAE, rocketry, etc).
• Proficiency with SQL and Power BI or other database/query/data visualization suite.
• You thrive in a hands-on environment and are hungry to step out of the office, onto the shop floor.
• Knowledge of metallic manufacturing techniques, processes, and equipment related to machining, bending, forming, casting, additive manufacturing, fastening, drilling, and/or bonding.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with partners/customers from a diverse set of engineering disciplines.

About the company

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. The company is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.