Production Engineer (Starship Electronics)

The role

You will support the production of electrical systems for the Starship spacecraft and SuperHeavy booster. This includes developing process chains, designing factory stations, and creating mechanical tooling for avionics hardware.

What you will do

• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve process chains for Starship electronics components
• Design and deliver new factory stations and production assets
• Design and deliver mechanical tooling for building, testing, and delivering avionics hardware
• Develop design-for-manufacturing (DFM) guidelines
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with design engineering to co-design the product and factory
• Act as an expert on low-cost, high-reliability manufacturing techniques for aerospace electro-mechanical components
• Guide high-level vehicle architecture and requirements trade studies
• Analyze root cause and provide corrective actions for process escapes or process variability

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or industrial engineering
• 1+ years of manufacturing engineering experience via project team, research, internship, and/or professional experience
• Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project milestones
• Occasional travel may be required to Starbase, Texas and/or off-site vendor locations

Nice to have

• Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines
• Experience working both autonomously and as a team in a highly demanding environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in mechanical design tools and analysis, including mechanical CAD, FEA, GD&T/drawing creation, and tolerance stack analysis
• Experience with PCB fabrication or PCBA assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements
• Experience with electro-mechanical assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements
• Experience designing production systems for controllers, sensors, cameras, optics, or long-range RF communications
• Experience with process failure modes and effects analysis (PFMEA)
• Experience introducing capital equipment / automating processes
• Experience working in a high-volume or high-reliability manufacturing environment

Benefits

• Company stock or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick leave

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the requ

About the company

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