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Manager, Build Reliability Engineering

Long Beach (CA)💼 Full-time💰 $128,000–$128,000🗓 2026-07-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Manage and develop a team of Build Reliability Engineers to ensure quality is embedded in the Terran R rocket design and production process, balancing speed with reliability.

Role type

Senior IC manager (Build Reliability Engineering)

Builds

Quality systems and processes for rocket manufacturing and launch operations

Domain

Aerospace manufacturing / High-reliability engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

team management, failure analysis, risk management, cross-functional program leadership, quality system implementation, process building from scratch

Preferred skills

Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ CQE, PMP, high-volume inspection methods, data analysis, enterprise applications (PLM/ERP/MES)

Technologies

Fault Tree Analysis, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, FAIRs, Control Plans, 8D problem-solving

Responsibilities

Manage and develop a team of Build Reliability Engineers, Drive complex failure analysis using Fault Tree processes, Integrate FMEA and predictive modeling into early-stage designs, Partner with NPI and Supply Chain to resolve reliability issues, Define and maintain reliability KPIs, Lead risk escalation efforts using disciplined problem-solving methods

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management

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