Lead Manufacturing Engineer (Starlink PCBA)

The role

You will lead a team of engineers and specialists for the Starlink PCBA manufacturing team. You will own the relationship between development and production teams and provide input into the design and development of hardware.

What you will do

• Lead a team of engineers and specialists for the Starlink PCBA manufacturing team
• Implement plug-and-play processes to production capable of high volume throughput
• Lead manufacturing development strategy for quality, delivery, and cost
• Manage team technical documentation strategy
• Manage and mentor other manufacturing engineers and interns
• Responsible for team recruiting activities
• Take ownership of physical production layout and material flow
• Manage strategy for production line tooling, inventory, training and build process
• Influence design to increase product manufacturability
• Drive design for test and design for manufacturing best practices

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of science in aerospace, mechanical, systems, electrical, or manufacturing engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on manufacturing experience
• Willing and able to work extended hours and/or weekends with minimal notification
• Able to travel up to 10% on an ongoing basis

Nice to have

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Previous experience leading team of high performing engineers and/or specialists
• Experience with the design and manufacturing of high reliability electronics assemblies
• Proficiency in electronics manufacturing techniques, processes and equipment
• 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
• Experience with design of experiments, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and process qualifications
• Experience defining production data requirements and statistical process control

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. They are developing a low-latency, broadband internet system called Starlink.