Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Injection Molding (Starlink)

The role

This person will develop plastic injection molding manufacturing processes for Starlink hardware. They will sustain current production lines and help ramp new lines to full scale production.

What you will do

• Develop plastic injection molding manufacturing processes for Starlink hardware
• Develop injection molding process through parameter optimization, DOE experiments, and trials
• Implement plug-and-play processes to production capable of high volume throughput
• Take direct ownership of the physical production layout
• Identify and implement safety improvement projects
• Manage strategy for production line tooling, inventory, training, and build process
• Drive design for test (DFT) and design for manufacturing (DFM) with design and test engineers
• Identify automation opportunities and establish requirements and evaluate ROI
• Work with in-house resources or vendors to develop and implement solutions
• Support production line with technical issues

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment via professional work experience, project/research-based student experience, or a combination of both
• Must be willing and able to work extended hours and/or weekends with minimal notification as needed
• Able to travel for business trips up to 10% on an ongoing basis

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in an engineering discipline
• Direct experience with plastic injection molding
• Ability to design tooling for high volume manufacturing
• Ability to develop and maintain high performing suppliers and contract manufacturers
• Experience working in a highly adaptive and iterative environment
• Experience implementing automation into production processes
• Experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing and scaling to high volume as part of a cross-functional team
• Experience with design of experiments, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and process qualifications
• Experience defining production data requirements and statistical process control
• Experience with NX and Teamcenter

Before you apply

• 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 eligibl

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. They are deploying Starlink, the world's largest satellite constellation.