Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Reliability

Quick Facts

• Role: Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starlink)

• Focus: Reliability of mechanical and electrical hardware for customer connectivity

Description

Use data to understand and improve the process and product reliability of Starlink hardware, from concept through high-volume production. Develop and validate reliability test strategies, inspection processes, and novel environmental, RF, mechanical, and electrical testing, then automate reliability initiatives and reporting. Investigate failures, identify root causes, and drive quality improvements to maximize field life and reduce early-life failures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement reliability test strategies for new products and subcomponents

• Develop, implement, and validate test and inspection processes to meet objective reliability criteria

• Design and execute environmental, RF, mechanical, and electrical testing techniques

• Write test programs to exercise functionality across conditions and environments

• Automate reliability test initiatives and reporting with data visualization

• Define ongoing reliability testing strategy to monitor manufacturing and screen for long-term defects

• Monitor quality during production ramp-up and drive improvements for under-performing metrics

• Investigate production/test failures and mitigate immediate and underlying root causes

• Contain suspect or known non-conforming product to support quarantine and rework

• Partner with hardware, software, manufacturing, and network engineering teams to improve reliability

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering discipline

• 1+ years of experience in test, analysis, manufacturing, or hardware development (internship and project experience acceptable)

• Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed

• Willingness to travel up to 30% for work

• Willingness to relocate to Bastrop, TX (Austin area) if not already local

Benefits

• Hands-on reliability work with factory floor and test lab exposure to improve hardware and user experience

• Cross-functional opportunity across mechanical, electrical, RF, software, and test domains

• Build reliability processes and tooling that support high-volume production