Hardware Reliability Specialist (Starlink Aviation)

The role

You will ensure hardware operates continuously and meets performance standards in aircraft environments. You will solve aviation specific electrical PCBA issues, run root cause investigations, and work with design, test, and manufacturing teams to improve product reliability.

What you will do

• Perform electrical debugging and fault isolation on complex electronic systems, using common laboratory tools
• Conduct root cause investigations
• Identify and characterize failure modes and mechanisms
• Apply electrical first principles to debug complex electronic systems and identify patterns in system behavior
• Perform in-depth commonality studies, leveraging manufacturing, test, and field data
• Develop and execute test plans to validate hypotheses
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement design and process changes to prevent future failures
• Analyze production data, test results, and field failure data to identify trends, patterns, and correlations
• Communicate complex technical information and data insights to stakeholders

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 1+ years of experience in engineering, reliability, manufacturing, or quality field
• Experience with electrical debugging tools such as oscilloscopes
• Experience with electrical engineering principles, including circuit schematics, analog and digital signals, radio frequency electromagnetics, wireless communications, and semiconductors
• Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or STEM discipline
• Demonstrated capability to think creatively and solve complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
• Experience with hands-on non-conformance management and investigation of a high-paced production environment
• Capable of concisely communicating status and needed action, often urgently, to your supervisor and other management levels
• Good written, oral, presentation, and documentation skills
• Experience reading and analyzing electrical schematics and printed circuit board layouts
• Experience with embedded systems, basic understanding of Linux terminal commands/structure
• Experience with MS Excel, SQL, Python, process flow mapping, warehouse management systems, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA)

Benefits

• Company stock or long-term cash awards
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick leave

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligibl

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. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.