Operations Engineer (Starship Supply Chain)

The role

This person will lead cross-functional projects to optimize Starship supply chain processes and create a factory of the future. They will improve part flow, procurement systems, and production signal generation.

What you will do

• Host process walks of production lines to delete or simplify process steps
• Develop and manage production and procurement strategy to mitigate risks and improve quality, output, safety, and cost
• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems
• Identify operational challenges and develop solutions
• Develop and track key performance measures to optimize production and supply chain processes
• Develop system and process improvements for indirect procurement

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional or internship experience in a manufacturing environment
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
• Must be able to stand for long durations of the day
• Must be able to interact with team members and hardware on the floor

Nice to have

• Process engineering experience including project management, capacity modeling, processing mapping, and layouts
• Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
• Experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis on modeling dynamic systems
• Experience with SI tools for process modeling or complex system engineering
• Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization
• Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment
• Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles
• Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams

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
• 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, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. The company is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.