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Lead Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starlink) at SpaceX

Department: Starlink Reliability - BastropEducation: education_required

Location
Texas
Type
Full-time
Level
lead/mgmt
Posted

Description

SpaceX is hiring a Lead Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Reliability for its Starlink program. The role leads a team responsible for minimizing hardware failures and customer downtime across Starlink user terminals, Wi-Fi routers, power supplies, and cables. Responsibilities include reliability qualification, environmental and system testing, root-cause investigations, manufacturing quality oversight, telemetry analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, at least two years of relevant engineering experience, and at least one year leading a team of three or more engineers. It is based in the Bastrop, Texas area, requires up to 30% travel, and does not consider remote or hybrid work.

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