Senior Design Engineer at Round-Peg Solutions (RPS) Senior Design Engineer at Round-Peg Solutions (RPS) in Redondo Beach, California Posted in about 16 hours ago.

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full-time Principal Design Reliability Engineer - Revolutionizing Aerospace & Defense Supply Chains Major Equity Package! Have you taken complex electrical or mechanical hardware from initial concept through design, qualification, and into production - and learned first-hand what separates good engineering processes from bad ones? Do you want Principal-level technical influence without having to move into traditional people management? This is a Principal Design Reliability Engineer role with one of the fastest-scaling start-ups in aerospace & defense (ex-SpaceX Founding!) At Principal level, you're joining early enough to have founding-engineer-level influence - working directly with senior leadership and shaping how the entire company designs, qualifies and manufactures hardware - without having to move away from engineering into traditional people management. As a Principal Design Reliability Engineer , you will become one of the most influential technical contributors, helping define how hardware is designed across the entire organization. This is not a conventional reliability position . We are looking for an experienced hardware development engineer who understands what it takes to move complex products rapidly from requirements through design, qualification and production - and can turn those lessons into better engineering practices to standardize across the company due to massive growth increasing process complexity. As the Senior / Principal Design Reliability Engineer your responsibilities will include: Defining and owning the design processes and engineering standards Establishing standardized processes for capturing, reviewing, challenging and tracking customer and product requirements Leading and improving design reviews including design criteria reviews, PDRs and CDRs, ensuring risks and actions are identified and closed Developing mechanical or electrical hardware design guides based on engineering best practice, lessons learned and existing Amca product heritage Establishing design release and configuration management processes across CAD, drawings, PCBAs and associated engineering documentation Defining qualification standards and test strategies using frameworks including MIL-STD-810, DO-160 and other relevant aerospace and defense standards Reviewing designs across the organization, identifying technical risks early and helping engineers resolve problems without unnecessarily slowing development Supporting root-cause investigations and corrective actions when hardware fails during qualification or testing Remaining willing to get hands-on and support hardware design and development projects when required This Principal Design Reliability Engineer position offers a rare opportunity to have Principal-level influence over not simply one product, but how an entire rapidly scaling aerospace and defense organization develops hardware as a whole. For an experienced hardware engineer who has accumulated the battle scars of real product development and wants to turn those lessons into better engineering across an entire company - without having to become a traditional people manager - this is a genuinely unique opportunity for massive All successful applicants will be contacted within two working days.