SpaceX

4 days ago

Build Reliability Engineer (Falcon/Starship Valves & Components)

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Job Summary

Own build-induced vehicle reliability for Falcon/Starship valves and components by developing and enforcing manufacturing, integration, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkout processes. Close reliability gaps across design and manufacturing with data-driven root-cause investigations and corrective actions. Create quality plans and inspection requirements, support production ramp-up with quality/analysis tools, design tooling/fixturing, and lead build quality reviews to reduce risk and improve manufacturability.

Location: California

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and enforce manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkout processes across work centers.
•Identify reliability gaps, ideate solutions, and implement improvements without slowing build rate.
•Partner with design engineering and manufacturing to create quality plans, including key characteristics, prototype testing, first article planning, and inspection planning.
•Monitor production ramp-up success using quality and analysis tools and run build quality reviews to reduce risk and complexity.
•Investigate failures in production, test, and flight, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and design/implement tooling for testing and build operations.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 100,000 - 140,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kLife InsurancePaid ParentalPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, materials, manufacturing, chemical, or electrical engineering (or related STEM field).
•1+ years in a manufacturing, quality and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies).
•Experience with build/assembly/integration of structures, avionics, valves, fluid system components, actuators, thermal protection systems, or other aerospace components.
•Knowledge of welding requirements and experience implementing welding process improvements with process controls for automated and manual welding.
•Knowledge of quality tools and methods including Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis/corrective action, APQP, metrology, PFMEA, and control plans.

Experience:1+ yearsAerospaceManufacturingQuality engineering

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CollaborationInterpersonalHands-on problem solvingData-driven decision makingRoot cause analysis

Languages:English

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

SpaceX

Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn

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SpaceX

4 days ago

Build Reliability Engineer (Falcon/Starship Valves & Components)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 10 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: California

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and enforce manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkout processes across work centers.
•Identify reliability gaps, ideate solutions, and implement improvements without slowing build rate.
•Partner with design engineering and manufacturing to create quality plans, including key characteristics, prototype testing, first article planning, and inspection planning.
•Monitor production ramp-up success using quality and analysis tools and run build quality reviews to reduce risk and complexity.
•Investigate failures in production, test, and flight, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and design/implement tooling for testing and build operations.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 100,000 - 140,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kLife InsurancePaid ParentalPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, materials, manufacturing, chemical, or electrical engineering (or related STEM field).
•1+ years in a manufacturing, quality and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies).
•Experience with build/assembly/integration of structures, avionics, valves, fluid system components, actuators, thermal protection systems, or other aerospace components.
•Knowledge of welding requirements and experience implementing welding process improvements with process controls for automated and manual welding.
•Knowledge of quality tools and methods including Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis/corrective action, APQP, metrology, PFMEA, and control plans.

Experience:1+ yearsAerospaceManufacturingQuality engineering

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CollaborationInterpersonalHands-on problem solvingData-driven decision makingRoot cause analysis

Languages:English

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

SpaceX

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn