
Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)

Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)

Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer (Starship)
SpaceX
The Sr. Flight Reliability Engineer at SpaceX is responsible for managing and documenting risks associated with the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles. This role involves collaboration with various teams to ensure successful flight operations and includes real-time risk management during tests and launches. The position requires strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical processes.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience in a related field
- Experience with risk management and technical reviews
- Strong communication skills for conveying technical risks
- Ability to work in high-pressure environments during test and flight operations
Responsibility
- Take ownership of risk tracking for a Starship Vehicle or component and manage risk throughout testing and flight
- Support technical reviews including vehicle state machine reviews and joint operations reviews
- Organize and run flight readiness reviews to ensure technical readiness
- Clearly communicate technical risks to the executive leadership team
- Provide real-time support for test and flight as the authority for vehicle risk
- Support anomaly investigations using tools such as fault trees and fishbones
- Influence and drive the implementation of process and tools for the Starship program
- Run projects or tool improvements to help manage technical risk




