Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)
Description For Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)
SpaceX, founded with the vision of enabling human exploration of the stars, is seeking a Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer for their Starship program. This role is crucial in identifying, documenting, and managing risks for the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles. The ideal candidate will collaborate with design, build, and operations teams to ensure optimal outcomes during flight and test days. Key responsibilities include managing risk tracking for Starship components, supporting technical reviews, organizing flight readiness reviews, communicating technical risks to leadership, and providing real-time support during tests and flights. The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, 5+ years of engineering problem-solving experience, and preferably 8+ years in aerospace engineering. SpaceX offers a competitive salary range of $125,000 - $175,000 per year, along with benefits including stock options, bonuses, comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), paid leave, and various perks. This position plays a vital role in SpaceX's mission to make life multi-planetary, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking space technology development.
Responsibilities For Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)
- Take ownership of risk tracking for Starship Vehicle or component
- Support technical reviews including vehicle state machine reviews, joint operations reviews, and CONOPs reviews
- Organize and run flight readiness reviews and flight data reviews
- Communicate technical risks to the executive leadership team
- Provide real-time support for test and flight as the authority for vehicle risk
- Support anomaly investigations using tools such as fault trees, fishbones, and 5 whys
- Influence and drive the implementation of process and tools for the Starship program
- Run projects or tool improvements to better manage and understand technical risk
- Support regulatory and customer reviews as needed
Requirements For Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience with engineering problem solving in design, analysis, or test of systems
- SQL and/or Python experience (preferred)
- High proficiency with basic computer applications
- Experience with anomaly resolution and documentation (preferred)
- Experience with engineering risk management, configuration, and change management (preferred)
- On console test experience or support of launch and/or large-scale test operations (preferred)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-starter willing to continuously learn new skills
- Ability to travel to other SpaceX sites
- Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee due to ITAR requirements
Benefits For Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)
- Long-term incentives (company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards)
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- 5 days of sick leave per year (for exempt employees)
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