CareerPlan

Design Reliability Engineer (Crew Starship)

Hawthorne, CAFull-time2026-09-29 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorshipCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Ensure flight hardware and concepts-of-operations lead to successful mission completion for the Human Landing System (HLS) by evaluating designs from concept to flight and facilitating cross-disciplinary problem-solving.

Role type

Senior IC design reliability engineer (aerospace)

Builds

Flight hardware and concepts-of-operations for the Human Landing System (HLS)

Domain

Aerospace / Spaceflight

Required skills

Design criteria development, requirements verification, peer review of hardware designs, customer requirement negotiation, FEA analysis, manufacturing process knowledge, scripting and data analysis

Preferred skills

Master's degree in engineering, experience with aircraft/launch vehicles/spacecraft, experience with requirements and standards, customer interface skills, hands-on manufacturing tool experience

Technologies

NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS, Visual Basic, Matlab, Python, Excel

Responsibilities

Develop design criteria, requirements, and verification approaches; provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs and test campaigns; drive design improvements through integration with hardware teams; perform verification reviews of hardware and systems; lead spacecraft certification efforts with U.S. Government customers; review vehicle changes to ensure qualification compliance

Seniority

Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC