Build Reliability Engineer (Starship Valves & Components) is open at SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. The posting gives a salary of $100K - $118K. Posted on Jul 17, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Develop manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkouts processes from the ground up, then enforce consistency across different work centers. Identify current reliability gaps in the manufacturing/design process, ideate on solutions and implement to continue to improve reliability without slowing down build rate Responsible partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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