Job brief: Lead Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starshield)

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-14 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-14.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $165,000 to $230,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Hawthorne, CA
• Posted: 2026-11-14

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Lead".

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or other engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in hardware development, failure analysis, or reliability engineering (internships and co-ops acceptable)
• 1+ years of experience leading a project, team, or people
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance, or the ability and willingness to obtain one
• An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol tests
• Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.

Conditions

• Able to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/…

Main duties

• Lead and hire a team of electrical hardware reliability engineers supporting Starshield production
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to team members leading root cause investigations of electrical hardware
• Align goals and priorities with production and partner engineering teams to achieve program reliability and rate objectives
• Collaborate with team members to create personalized career growth plans that build their technical capabilities and accelerate progress toward their profess…
• Drive corrective action to products not meeting design specifications through data driven decisions using yield and defect monitoring to identify common fail…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in California: $198k a year (1,811 listings, 56 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across SpaceX's 2,758 open listings, 56% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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