SpaceX is leveraging its experience to deploy Starlink, the world's largest satellite constellation and most advanced broadband internet system, aiming to provide reliable and fast internet to millions of users worldwide. The Hardware Reliability Team at Starlink is committed to ensuring the reliability of the mechanical and electrical hardware required to connect customers to satellites, from initial concept development to high-volume production.
Requirements
- Experience with both electronics and mechanical design and analysis including knowledge of RF principles
- Programming experience in Python, C, and SQL with an emphasis on data analysis and automation
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement reliability test strategies for new products and their subcomponents to maximize field life and minimize early life failures
- Develop, implement, and validate test and inspection processes for new and existing products and production processes, ensuring that criteria are objective and that reliability goals are consistently met
- Design and execute novel environmental, RF, mechanical, and electrical testing techniques tailored to the product and its functions
- Write test programs to exercise the functionality of the product over various conditions and environments
- Automate reliability test initiatives and reporting using proper data visualization techniques and thorough knowledge of the product and its functions
- Define the ongoing reliability testing strategy to monitor the manufacturing process and screen for long-term reliability defects caused by process and component variability
- Monitor product and process quality through production ramp-up using a suite of analysis tools, and drive improvements to areas that are under-performing in terms of key quality metrics
Other
- Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed
- Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted
- Must be willing to work onsite, remote work not considered
- 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.
- Demonstrated capability to think creatively and solve complex problems with little to no supervision and on schedule, both as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
