Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer, Microelectronics (Starlink) is open at SpaceX in Bastrop, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $193K. Posted on Sep 1, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Own end-to-end root cause failure analysis investigations on microelectronics failing in manufacturing, test, and field, from initial failure characterization through final corrective action verification Conduct advanced electrical fault isolation and characterization using curve trace, TDR, RF characterization, Lock-in Thermography, OBIRCH, EBIRCH, EBAC, nanoprobing, and related techniques to precisely localize…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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