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EEE Component Reliability Engineer

Redmond, WA

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.

EEE COMPONENT RELIABILITY ENGINEER

The EEE Component Reliability Engineer plays a critical role in supporting the design engineer community towards higher reliability EEE components, avionics, and systems. This person ensures SpaceX can continue to use commercial electronics from a wide range of manufacturers. The Reliability Engineer is a key member that is involved with evaluating the quality and reliability of components for the design community. This engineer will also help ensure robust qualification of our custom silicon by planning, executing, and documenting appropriate reliability testing.  This work impacts all stages of design and production and must interface with supply chain, design & test engineers, manufacturing engineers, and production.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lead component reliability test planning, methodology and execution
  • Help drive piece part reliability issues and risk towards closure
  • Drive analysis processes for all failures discovered during reliability testing
  • Build reliability prediction models/Finite Element Models to evaluate product functional performance over mission life conditions
  • Interface with SpaceX departments such as supply chain, design & test engineering, and production/manufacturing
  • Evaluate failure analysis and coordinate destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure
  • Execute testing campaigns to assess reliability of hardware and components

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BS in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 3+ years of experience in semiconductor product engineering or reliability
  • 1+ years of work experience touching reliability testing methodologies (JEDEC/AEC-Q100)
  • Experience with embedded C programming

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • MS in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • Familiarity building HTOL hardware/software, and execution of reliability testing of semiconductor products
  • Experience using bench tools for electrical analysis (oscilloscopes, waveform generators, SMUs)
  • Familiarity with semiconductor ATE testing and bench analysis
  • Experienced with life testing methods (HALT/HASS, HTOL, ESS, JEDEC, AEC-Q100)
  • Familiar with reliability statistics, including Weibull Analysis
  • Familiarity with FEA and PCB Design Analysis capability (Sherlock/ANSYS or alternative)
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
Level 1: $105,000.00 - $145,000.00
Level 2: $120,000.00 - $175,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law. Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, 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 eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.  

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com. 

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