At the forefront of making humanity an interplanetary species, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make a future where humans explore the stars a reality. This future is fundamentally more exciting than one where we do not.
The Starship vehicle will be instrumental in achieving this goal, enabling human life on Mars and beyond.
Operations Engineer (Starship Production)
This role supports production programs through strategic planning, optimization of production processes, and alignment of resources to tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
* Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, cost, utilization, and efficiency problems for production, supply chain, and operations.
* Work with a team to develop and manage production strategy, mitigating future production risks and seizing emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost.
* Develop process flow models to analyze production system behavior and synchronize output with other elements of the company.
* Design and implement production line layouts that meet throughput demands while utilizing space efficiently.
* Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop and implement appropriate solutions.
* Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand.
* Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production elements by spending time on the production floor.
* Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain, engineering, operations, production, infrastructure, and accounting groups to synchronize efforts.
* Capture best practices of production systems, and manage organizational knowledge and lessons-learned.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or mathematics/physics.
* 2+ years of professional experience in manufacturing or industrial project management, or 1+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
* Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization.
* Experience with CAD software, Power BI, and discrete event modeling tools.
* Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems).
* Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment.
* Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles.
* Experience or education in management science and engineering, operations engineering, operations research, or industrial engineering.
* Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams.
* Ability to work in fast-paced, high stress environments.
* Excellent written and communication skills.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
* Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones.
* Must be able to travel - up to 10% work week travel may be required to other sites.
* This position is based in Brownsville, TX and requires being onsite - remote work not considered.
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.
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