Senior PCB Reliability Engineer (Starship)

Senior PCB Reliability Engineer (Starship) Location: Hawthorne, CA. Salary: $135,000 – $195,000 per year. Role Overview SpaceX is hiring a Senior PCB Reliability Engineer for the Starship program. This full‑time role focuses on designing and ensuring the reliability of PCBs for deep space missions, working closely with designers, vendors, and supply chain teams. Responsibilities Become a member of the PCB reliability team on the Starship program, leading the effort to create high‑quality PCBs for deep space travel to the Moon and Mars. Fully own the design and development of PCB stack‑ups for all Starship PCBs. Drive introduction of new materials, working closely with design engineers and the supply chain team. Create test plans and lead PCB reliability campaigns for volume production of PCBs. Manage DFM as part of design releases, process documentation, and communication between engineering teams and PCB vendors. Identify trends and opportunities for optimizing product output, quality enhancements, reliability, and cost. Provide feedback to engineering design teams to improve design for manufacturability and reliability. Identify, root‑cause, and recommend corrective actions for reliability failures. Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in materials science, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or equivalent engineering. 5+ years of professional experience in PCB design, reliability, or fabrication. Preferred Skills and Experience Experience working with PCB materials and fabrication processes from industry. Knowledge of IPC manufacturing standards. Experience running failure analysis investigations and using tools such as X‑Ray, cross‑section, and polishing. Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods such as experiment design and process capability analysis. Proficiency with board layout in any ECAD software. Demonstrated cross‑functional project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines. Ability to work in a fast‑paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start‑up atmosphere. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Additional Requirements Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones. Compensation and Benefits Pay range: $135,000 – $195,000 per year. Salary is determined on a case‑by‑case basis based on knowledge, skills, education, and experience. Benefits include long‑term incentives (company stock, stock options, or cash awards), discretionary bonuses, a stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, a 401(k) retirement plan, short‑ and long‑term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, paid vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave. Eligibility for U.S. export regulations: applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Equal Opportunity Employment SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment 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 requiring reasonable accommodation should email View email address on click.appcast.io . #J-18808-Ljbffr TryApplyNow