Design Reliability Engineer

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

268d • $95,000 - $130,000

About The Position

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future with 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. The SpaceX engineering teams tackle space exploration's most challenging problems by developing our reusable launch vehicles (Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy) and spacecraft (Crew & Cargo Dragon). These vehicles are responsible for delivering satellites into orbit, crew, and cargo to the ISS, and they will be instrumental in extending humanity's reach to the moon, Mars, and beyond. The design criteria & reliability team is responsible for ensuring that flight hardware and operations lead to the successful completion of missions while meeting or exceeding design requirements. We perform a unique engineering role, evaluating and guiding engineering designs from concept to flight. We facilitate cross-disciplinary action and problem-solving across all SpaceX programs and staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 2+ years of professional experience in an engineering role

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Hardware experience performing fabrication, assembly, and/or testing - can be in a professional, academic, or recreational setting
• Experience with aircraft, launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems
• Experience with at least one commercial FEA package (NASTRAN, ABAQUS, or ANSYS)
• Hardware ownership on an award-winning engineering project or competition team (FSAE, Design-Build-Fly, NASA Student Launch, etc.)
• Experience with electromechanical system design, analysis, testing, and fabrication for use in high-performance or safety critical applications
• Hands on experience with various industry standard manufacturing tools, techniques and processes, including mills, lathes, electronics assembly, composite layup, etc.
• Experience with material selection and make vs. buy decisions for system components
• Scripting and data analysis experience using Visual Basic, Matlab, Python and Excel

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the SpaceX design process and design criteria/requirements are being followed for flight, launch, and recovery systems
• Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design reviews, and of acceptance and qualification test campaigns
• Develop design criteria, requirements, and verification approaches for new systems
• Setup new processes to enable reliable aircraft-like operations of launch vehicles and spacecraft
• Drive improvements to vehicle design by being closely integrated with hardware teams
• Review vehicle changes to ensure all hardware and operations are qualified
• Develop specialized design and analysis tools for other engineering groups

Benefits

• 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
• 5 days of sick leave per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree