Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Tool & Die Machining (Starlink)

The role

This person will manage a technical project for the development and qualification of equipment, tooling, and manufacturing process technologies. The role focuses on producing plastic injection molds and high pressure die cast tools for Starlink hardware.

What you will do

• Lead a project focused on the development of technologies relating to plastic injection molding and high pressure die casting tooling manufacturing processes for Starlink hardware
• Act as a technical decision maker and advisor to the team on manufacturing techniques responsible for implementing internal tool and die manufacturing
• Create collaborative business plans with design engineering, upstream production, and support teams
• Manage strategy for CapX, staffing, equipment specification, production layouts, training, and build process
• Develop and manage engineering capacity, schedules, and project plans
• Lead and refine the design for the manufacturing process by collaborating with various groups
• Research and identify new materials, manufacturing technologies, and finishing options
• Inform estimations of prototype and production manufacturing costs
• Publish and maintain detailed schedules for each development project segment

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, materials engineering, or other engineering discipline
• 6+ years of professional experience with high precision machining
• Willingness to travel to other SpaceX sites and/or vendors for significant/extended periods of time (~30% travel normally, more during urgent manufacturing and test campaigns)
• Ability to lift up to 25Ibs unassisted
• Standing/walking for long periods of time
• Willingness to work long hours and weekends as necessary to accommodate manufacturing and test campaigns

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership position in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with taking products from research and development into production
• Strong to expert level 3D CAD skills, including advanced surfacing and large assemblies
• Experience with Siemens NX
• Experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing and scaling to high volume as part of a cross-functional team
• Experience with manufacturing process like injection molding, CNC, die casting, stamping, assembly, and box build in a production setting

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 the technologies to make human life on Mars possible. Starlink is a low latency, broadband internet system enabled by a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites.