Testing & Qualification Lead - Space Solar Hardware
About the role
About Starpath
Starpath Robotics is developing a full stack solution for commercial scale rocket propellant production on the Moon and Mars. We are building one of the key enabling technologies that will make Humans a multi-planet species.
The Starlight team is focused on dramatically reducing the cost of space-rated solar power to support both Starpath's propellant production goals and the greater space economy.
If high ownership, fast pace, working with hardware, and solving challenging problems sounds like a dream come true, come join the team!
The Role
We’re hiring a Testing & Qualification Lead to own a mission-appropriate qualification and acceptance strategy for space solar panels. You will build customer confidence and reduce real technical risk—without burying the team in paperwork or over-testing.
This is a pragmatic role: strong standards knowledge, strong judgment, and willingness to get hands-on.
Responsibilities
- Own internal processes for qualification and acceptance of space solar hardware
- Maintain environmental test plans and reference mission set aligned with NASA GEVS (and/or ECSS equivalent) and customer needs.
- Coordinate execution of environmental tests internally and externally (TVAC, vibration, thermal, radiation, etc.)
- Efficiently tailor and execute test plans as-needed to explore physical conditions beyond the standard reference mission set
- Drive right-sized risk analysis (FMEA/FMECA-lite, fault trees where useful)
- Support failure analysis, root cause investigations, and corrective/preventive actions
- Partner with Manufacturing on quality controls, acceptance gates, and nonconformance workflows
- Communicate testing rationale and results clearly to customers and internal stakeholders
