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Mechanical Engineer – Reliability – Dragon
| Company | SpaceX |
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| Location | West Athens, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $95000 – $130000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or another STEM related field
- 1+ years in a manufacturing, quality and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies)
Responsibilities
- Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams through product development and production to create quality plans for flight hardware, including identification of key characteristics, prototype testing for functionality and manufacturability, first article and detailed inspection planning, and consideration of past failures and lessons learned
- Investigate failures in production, test and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes
- Develop, implement and validate Lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and process, ensuring that criteria are objective and that quality goals are consistently met
- Monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp-up using a suite of quality and analysis tools
- Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is achieved and well-communicated; identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal of complexity in designs and processes to improve manufacturability, collaborating with integrated product teams to drive improvements and address high-impact and repeating non-conformances
- Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors and engineers to assist in quarantining and rework activities
- Support the shop floor in continuous improvement and the advancing of a Lean, autonomous production system through creation of standard rework/repair guides, removal of redundant or unnecessary inspection, and improved control and optimization of critical processes
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for the team’s spirit of innovation and mission of improving reliability in cutting-edge technology
- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, or electrical engineering
- Demonstrated application of process controls in high volume manufacturing, test, and quality environment
- Dedicated to adopting a Lean approach to quality without compromising safety or reliability
- Knowledge of quality tools such as Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, advanced product quality planning (APQP), metrology, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and various problem solving approaches
- Experience developing or supporting any of the following products/processes: Complex mechanical/structural assemblies, Advanced composites systems, Fluid component/valve assembly, Pre-preg lamination/curing composites, CNC machining, forming, bending, Bonding, drilling, fastening and other assembly manufacturing processes, Avionics integration and testing, Fluid system pressure testing, Welding (electron beam (EB), TIG)
