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Operations Analyst, Reliability (Starship)

Starbase, TX

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.

OPERATIONS ANALYST, RELIABILITY (STARSHIP)

At SpaceX, the Build and Flight Reliability team ensures hardware—from engines to fully integrated vehicles—is built to the highest standards and performs flawlessly on missions to make humanity multiplanetary. This team bridges manufacturing excellence with mission-critical reliability, developing data-driven tools and processes to identify, mitigate, and prevent risks from factory floor to flight. As a Reliability Analyst, you'll develop and maintain data-driven tooling and infrastructure to guide decisions, with a focus on identifying AI opportunities, defining and leading AI-driven solutions for predictive analytics, automation, and risk mitigation. You'll drive sustainable improvements to reduce build failures and boost vehicle performance, partnering with software engineering for AI workflow deployment into agents or enterprise systems.

In this role, you'll collaborate across teams to turn production and test data into insights, own build-to-flight metrics, and drive improvements in a fast-paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Identify opportunities in reliability processes (e.g., predictive modeling, anomaly detection); define problems, develop prompts/workflows using LLMs or generative AI, evaluate outputs, monitor performance, provide go-live support, and create operational protocols—partnering with software engineering to define implementation direction while maintaining ownership of outcomes.
  • Design, implement, and maintain dashboards (e.g., Grafana, PowerBI, Tableau, SQL reports) for monitoring build metrics (defect rates, tolerances, nonconformances) and flight indicators.
  • Maintain and optimize dashboards and tools for ongoing accuracy and usability, including troubleshooting issues, updating data feeds, and ensuring seamless integration with user workflows across production, quality, and reliability teams.
  • Improve data infrastructure (pipelines, ETL, schemas) for scalability, integrity, and real-time use, with ownership of data integrity to support reliable AI tools and initiatives.
  • Develop/track KPIs for build health and flight risk, including yields, pass rates, traceability, and predictive models to inform decisions and actions.
  • Analyze datasets (SQL, Python) to find root causes of anomalies, correlate build/flight data, and recommend solutions; use AI for pattern recognition and forecasting.
  • Collaborate with production, design, reliability, and software teams to define data requirements for emerging use cases, such as integrating build data with flight test results, and develop automation scripts to mitigate risks, streamline reporting, and enhance efficiencies.
  • Create ad-hoc queries, reports, and simulations for workflows, nonconformances, constraints, and gaps.
  • Standardize data capture for manufacturing processes (e.g., welding, assembly, NDE, and checkouts), ensuring comprehensive traceability and feedback loops that capture lessons learned from builds and flights to prevent repeat issues.
  • Train users/leaders on tools, data interpretation, AI workflows, and best practices; share knowledge to build expertise in analytics and AI.
  • Actively contribute creative thinking and leadership to solving complex problems under tight deadlines, with a focus on "reliability by any means necessary" to align production scaling with mission success.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • 1+ years in building and operating metric based dashboards.
  • 1+ years of experience building data structures and query optimizations.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
  • Experience working in in a factory or production environment.
  • 3+ years of experience with SQL, Python, C++, Tableau, or PowerBI.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed.

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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