Job Title: Senior Flight Reliability Engineer
The ideal candidate for this role will be responsible for identifying, documenting, and managing risks associated with the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles.
Main Responsibilities:
* Take ownership of risk tracking for a Starship Vehicle or component
* Manage risk of that item throughout testing and flight
* Support technical reviews including vehicle state machine reviews (software), joint operations reviews (between ground and vehicle teams), and CONOPs reviews as required
* Organize and run flight readiness reviews to ensure technical readiness and flight data reviews to track action items and learnings from flight
* Drive actions and findings to completion
* Use risk, mission workflow, and change as tools to ensure technical readiness
* Clearly communicate technical risks to executive leadership team
* Provide real time support for test and flight as the authority for vehicle risk, communicating to leadership and executive team as required
* Drive on-console resolution of technical risks to achieve successful test or flight outcome
* Support anomaly investigations as needed via use of tools such as fault trees, fishbones, and 5 whys
* Work to resolve anomalies on day of test and launch in real time on console
* Influence and drive the implementation of process and tools to an appropriate balance for the program, including risk, change, and mission workflow
* Run projects or tool improvements to help the program better manage and understand technical risk
* Support regulatory and customer reviews as needed
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
* 5+ years of experience with engineering problem solving in design, analysis, or test of systems
* PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 8+ years of professional experience in aerospace engineering field (design, analysis, or test at the large assembly or system level)
* SQL and/or Python experience
* High proficiency with basic computer applications (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, email)
* Experience with anomaly resolution and documentation of anomaly reports and lessons learned databases
* Experience with engineering risk management, engineering configuration, and change management
* On console test experience or support of launch and/or large-scale test operations
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work remotely and clearly and concisely communicate weekly progress and roadblocks
Additional Requirements:
* Travel to other sites to support test and launch operations as needed
* Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed based on test and launch schedules
ITAR Requirements:
* To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
EEO Information:
Space X is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Space X is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status