Rockets Engineer
SpaceX is developing technologies to make humanity a multiplanetary species. Our goal is to enable life on Mars.
As a Mechanical Engineer in our Supply Chain, you will support our Starship program. We require candidates with comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing and quality tools.
This position requires proven leadership and technical capabilities. You will work with suppliers to ensure the highest quality products at ambitious volumes.
The ideal candidate has a broad understanding of propulsion/fluid systems component fabrication, including extrusions, draw forming, and assembly processes.
Responsibilities:
* Solve emergent challenges at suppliers and mitigate risk to the manifest by addressing high-impact manufacturing and quality challenges.
* Own new product introduction of assemblies, determining the ideal manufacturing method, identifying suppliers, and developing a reliable process for ramping to rate.
* Conduct design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews to ensure parts are manufacturable at early stages.
* Work with procurement to find exceptional suppliers and vet them appropriately for quality and ability to meet aggressive takt times.
* Create and develop specifications as needed to flow down quality and manufacturing requirements to the supply base.
* Scope out new forming, cutting, and inspection technologies and suppliers that may be employed to improve rate/quality/efficiency.
* Review issues on assigned parts and solve to the root cause, implementing changes at the supplier, SpaceX or both, as appropriate, drive further actions to closure, and re-source to new suppliers where appropriate.
* Create and disposition issue tickets where needed, working with engineering counterparts to implement required re-work, repair or use as-is disposition.
* Become thoroughly familiar with your assigned parts and the processes that make up the overall assembly and become the primary point of contact for supply chain related defects on your parts.
* Demonstrate innovation, technical excellence, attention to detail, self-direction and courage to push the technical envelope which is conventionally held in the industry.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
* 1+ years of experience with manufacturing and/or inspection of mechanical products in a production environment.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
* Master's degree in engineering or business.
* Fundamental understanding of propulsion/fluid systems and the respective component manufacturing processes.
* Familiarity with welding (TIG, MIG and orbital tube welding) of stainless and carbon steels.
* Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., design of experiments, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.
* Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP) and MRP/ERP systems.
* Disciplined approach to problem solving - 8D.
* Proficient in MS Office and Excel applications and report writing.
* Experience leading containments of discrepant product.
Additional Requirements:
* Ability to work extended hours, some nights and/or weekends when needed.
* Ability to travel: up to 40-50% work week travel.
ITAR Requirements:
* To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.