Sr. Program Reliability Engineer

SpaceX(27 days ago)

Hawthorne, CAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$125,000 - $175,000Quality and Build Reliability

About this role

The Senior Program Reliability Engineer at SpaceX leads hardware flight-worthiness evaluations for government spacecraft missions, ensuring customer requirements are met through all phases of launch vehicle build. This role represents the Quality and Build Reliability organization to government customers, assuring contractual deliverables and driving improvements to increase flight reliability while minimizing impact to engineering. The position involves close coordination with mission managers, engineering teams, and government partners to implement customer feedback and lessons learned.

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Required Skills

Flight Worthiness
Process Improvement
Tool Development
Customer Interface
Reliability
Navigation
Technical Writing
Collaboration
SQL
Python

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Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Physics
5+ Years Professional Experience
U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (ITAR Eligible)
Able to Pass Air Force Background Check

About SpaceX

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SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and launch services company that designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology and ultimately enable human life on other planets, it developed the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, the Dragon crew/cargo spacecraft, and the next‑generation Starship — with a strong emphasis on reusable boosters. SpaceX provides commercial and government launch services (including crewed ISS missions, satellite deployments and rideshares) and operates the Starlink broadband constellation. The company is known for rapid iterative development and cost‑reduction through reuse to expand access to space.