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What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The title says "Sr".

Main responsibilities

• Partner with design, test, and manufacturing through product development and production to ensure the reliability of Avionics parts (i.e. controllers, RIOs, …
• Responsible for tracking yield, test/inspection escapes, and ensuring past failures and lessons learned are incorporated into NPI
• Develop, implement and validate Lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and process, ensuring that criteria are objective and that q…
• Monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp-up using a suite of quality and analysis tools
• Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is achieved and well-communicated; identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal o…
• Investigate failures in production, test and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to quantify/reduce risk and…
• Utilize schematics, test equipment, inspection processes, etc. to perform structured electrical root cause analysis of failures identified during the develop…
• Perform gage repeatability and reproducibility studies to validate test systems used for product acceptance
• Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors and engineers to assist in quarantin…
• Support the shop floor in continuous improvement and the advancing of a Lean, autonomous production system through creation of standard rework/repair guides,…

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “Utilize schematics, test equipment, inspection processes, etc.” · “Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engine…” · “5+ years in a manufacturing, quality and/or design engineering role”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Problem solving Core
  In the posting: “You have the ability to dive deep on the details to identify, understand and solve difficult technical problems and also utilize a system level approach to p…” · “Investigate failures in production, test and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to quantify/reduce risk and…” · “to perform structured electrical root cause analysis of failures identified during the development and production processes to inform design/manufacturing ch…”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “Your breadth of exposure as a Hardware Reliability Engineer will be immense as you collaborate with other core groups at SpaceX, guiding the hardware from de…” · “Partner with design, test, and manufacturing through product development and production to ensure the reliability of Avionics parts (i.e.” · “identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal of complexity in designs and processes to improve manufacturability, collaborating with integrated prod…”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “The Build and Hardware Reliability organization at SpaceX is an inclusive, inter-disciplinary team that is committed to the reliability of flight components …” · “You have the ability to dive deep on the details to identify, understand and solve difficult technical problems and also utilize a system level approach to p…” · “Knowledge of quality tools such as Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control,, root cause analysis an…”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “You use data to understand the factors that drive reliability, and support quality objectives in design and development teams to drive improvements in reliab…” · “Monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp-up using a suite of quality and analysis tools” · “to perform structured electrical root cause analysis of failures identified during the development and production processes to inform design/manufacturing ch…”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “You use data to understand the factors that drive reliability, and support quality objectives in design and development teams to drive improvements in reliab…” · “Develop, implement and validate Lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and process, ensuring that criteria are objective and that q…” · “Monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp-up using a suite of quality and analysis tools”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Communication Supporting
  In the posting: “Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is achieved and well-communicated;”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Supporting
  In the posting: “Support the shop floor in continuous improvement and the advancing of a Lean, autonomous production system through creation of standard rework/repair guides,…”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Leadership and mentoring Supporting
  In the posting: “Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors and engineers to assist in quarantin…”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
• Stakeholder management Supporting
  In the posting: “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, ge…”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.

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