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Sr. Reliability Engineer, Satellite Systems (Starshield)

SpaceX's Starshield team applies Starlink technology to national security missions; they are seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to investigate on-orbit hardware anomalies, drive root-cause analysis, and build monitoring and feedback systems to improve constellation reliability across design, production, and operations.

Skills

  • 5+ years reliability engineering experience
  • 5+ years hardware development, troubleshooting, or data analysis
  • 3+ years Python or SQL experience
  • Failure investigation and root-cause analysis
  • Time-series and reliability statistics knowledge
  • Cross-functional collaboration and clear communication

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and track on-orbit hardware failures for the Starshield satellite constellation
  • Lead root-cause investigations for major on-orbit hardware anomalies
  • Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, test, operations, and production engineers to eliminate failure sources
  • Design and build tools to analyze on-orbit and ground-test data to drive reliability improvements
  • Improve feedback loops from space through automation and clear communication to inform design and production

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or physics (required)
  • Master's degree in a related field (preferred)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards (eligibility varies)
  • Potential discretionary bonuses and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Paid parental leave
  • Approximately 3 weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance
  • Paid sick leave per company policy and other employee discounts/perks
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