Failure Analysis

Veo

Full-time · Santa Monica, CA · $150,000 – $180,000

This role bridges supply chain operations and hardware engineering at a micromobility company, focusing on optimizing parts inventory, reducing costs, and improving vehicle reliability across North America. It suits someone with engineering background and supply chain experience who thrives managing cross-functional projects and analyzing operational data to drive continuous improvement.

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Shield AI

Full-time · Dallas, TX · $140,000 – $210,000

Shield AI seeks a reliability engineering expert to develop predictive models for their unmanned aircraft system, translating operational and test data into quantitative frameworks that drive design and manufacturing decisions. This role suits someone with deep expertise in failure analysis and system modeling who wants to directly influence the durability of high-stakes defense technology.

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Oura

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $172,000 – $203,000

This role involves leading hardware reliability testing and validation for Oura's wearable devices, ensuring durability and real-world performance. It suits engineers with deep experience designing and executing reliability programs who want to drive product quality from lab to field across a global manufacturing supply chain.

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Impulse Space

Redondo Beach

You'll ensure propulsion hardware for spacecraft meets design requirements and performs reliably in flight by partnering with manufacturing and engineering teams to prevent defects, diagnose failures, and drive continuous improvement. This role suits someone with hands-on experience in manufacturing processes, reliability engineering, and hardware testing who can bridge the gap between design intent and physical production.

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Axiom Space

Houston, TX

A principal-level materials engineer supporting Axiom's commercial spacesuit program, responsible for selecting materials, defining manufacturing processes, and ensuring compliance with NASA standards for both pressurized and extravehicular suits. The role suits experienced metallurgists and materials specialists seeking to apply deep technical expertise to human spaceflight hardware in a fast-moving commercial space environment.

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Stoke Space

Full-time · Kent, WA · $129,150 – $252,105

This role leads materials engineering strategy and execution for a reusable rocket vehicle, overseeing material selection, testing, qualification, and failure analysis across engines, structures, and other systems. It suits experienced materials engineers who want hands-on responsibility for flight hardware and the ability to shape engineering practices at a growth-stage aerospace company.

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Ando

Full-time · San Francisco, CA

A research role building evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for AI agents in a messaging platform, working with real production data to measure whether agent behavior improvements actually help teams. Best suited for researchers who have shipped evaluation systems and can bridge the gap between offline benchmarks and live product performance.

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Relativity Space

Full-time · Long Beach, CA · $150,000 – $224,000

Lead the materials and processes engineering team responsible for developing and qualifying materials across Relativity's Terran R rocket stages, collaborating with vehicle engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to keep the vehicle on schedule. This role suits experienced materials engineers who want to combine technical leadership with hands-on problem-solving in a fast-moving aerospace company.

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Astranis

San Francisco, CA · $135,000 – $235,000

This role oversees the reliability and availability of satellite electronics and systems throughout their operational life in orbit, working with engineering teams to design for resilience and prevent failures in high-stakes space hardware.

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Shield AI

Full-time · Dallas, TX · $120,000 – $180,000

Shield AI seeks a field quality engineer to bridge operational realities and product development for autonomous systems deployed in defense applications. The role focuses on investigating failures, driving reliability improvements, and connecting field performance data back to engineering teams.

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