# Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starshield)

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, HARDWARE RELIABILITY (STARSHIELD) Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. As an Electrical Engineer on Starshield's Hardware Reliability team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our satellites. You will work on identifying, analyzing, and resolving hardware failures to improve the robustness and longevity of our PCBAs. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, including electrical, mechanical, software, and supply chain, to enhance the overall reliability of the Starshield hardware. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge R&D technology and some of the most complex ap

- **Id**: 2037
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/spacex-hardware-reliability-engineer-starshield>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hawthorne, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-09T00:49:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T20:54:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 129
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6246
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Launch Services, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 66
- **Name**: SpaceX
- **Domain**: spacex.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/spacex>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 34
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 126
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 103000
- **Max usd**: 197000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 664

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 129

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-07-09T00:49:57Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 37
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.851
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 128
- **Expected fill days**: 126
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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