Senior Build Reliability Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States

Salary: $140,333–$179,314 per year, plus potential stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

Company

Space infrastructure company developing in-space pharmaceutical processing, reentry capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses in-house.

What you will do

• Create test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for spacecraft hardware with design and manufacturing teams.
• Contain non-conforming products and provide guidance to inspectors, technicians, supervisors, and engineers.
• Lead failure investigations across production, testing, and operations, identifying root causes and mitigating reliability risks.
• Review hardware during design reviews and acceptance and qualification test campaigns.
• Develop failure modes and effects analyses, compliance matrices, test coverage, change management, and manufacturability controls.
• Own vehicle-level regulatory deliverables and support Mission Assurance risk management and mitigation execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or materials science engineering.
• 5+ years of professional experience in aerospace, design, quality, or a related engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with hardware testing, qualification, troubleshooting, or failure analysis.
• Experience applying process controls in high-volume manufacturing, testing, and quality environments.
• Experience generating, processing, or analyzing production data.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR requirements.

Nice to have

• Full project lifecycle ownership experience.
• Experience with measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis, corrective action, APQP, metrology, PFMEA, and control plans.
• Hands-on knowledge of CNC machining, additive manufacturing, casting, welding, fastening, or other special manufacturing processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside design, manufacturing, quality, and Mission Assurance functions.
• Lean quality principles are applied without compromising safety or reliability.
• Eligibility for incentives through stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
• Inclusive, merit-based workplace committed to equal opportunity.