Sr. Launch Reliability Engineer (Launch Pads & Recovery)
Core
Ensuring the reliability of flight and ground components, systems, and infrastructure critical to launch operations and rocket recovery for SpaceX's Falcon 9, Dragon, and Starship programs.
Role type
Senior Launch Reliability Engineer (Launch Pads & Recovery)
Builds
Launch pad systems, recovery systems, and flight hardware for interplanetary missions
Domain
Aerospace engineering, rocketry, launch operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
root cause analysis, corrective action, Lean principles, Six Sigma, advanced product quality planning (APQP), process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, metrology, design for quality (DFQ), design for manufacturability (DFM), risk quantification, nondestructive evaluation
Preferred skills
leading end-to-end engineering projects, supporting high-volume production of complex electro-mechanical/mechanical/composites systems, Master's degree in engineering
Technologies
Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, PFMEA, control plans, metrology, nondestructive evaluation
Responsibilities
Ensure systems and infrastructure for launch and recovery are efficiently designed, maintained, and executed; identify high-risk processes during refurbishment and implement improvements; lead root cause and corrective action investigations; drive hardware inputs to enable reliable launch cadence; participate in design reviews to ensure DFQ, DFM, and risk mitigation; adopt a Lean approach to quality without compromising safety.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC