Manager, Starlink Engineering (Starlink PCBA SMT)

The role

You will build and lead a production team for Starlink PCBA manufacturing. You will manage manufacturing development strategy, factory layout, and the transition of new products from design to production.

What you will do

• Manage, recruit, and develop a team of manufacturing engineers, lead engineers, and specialists
• Set technical standards and hold the team accountable for delivery
• Lead manufacturing development strategy for SMT/PCBA
• Own quality, delivery, cost, yield, and equipment performance
• Own factory layout, material flow, equipment, tooling, spares, and build-process strategy
• Drive new products from design into production
• Align daily with production, design, test, supply chain, and quality
• Serve as the escalation path for line issues and drive root cause to permanent corrective action
• Define production data, SPC, and MES/MRP/ERP requirements
• Ensure a strong focus on safety and ESD control

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience in electronics development and/or production or SMT production
• 2+ years of experience leading a team of 10+ individuals as direct reports
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Able to travel up to 10% on an ongoing basis

Nice to have

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Previous experience managing a team of high-performing manufacturing engineers and/or specialists
• Proficiency in electronics manufacturing processes and equipment, including screen print, SPI, pick-and-place, reflow, AOI/AXI, selective solder or wave, coating, and test
• Strong working knowledge of EEE piece parts, PCB, PCBA, and high-reliability electronics assemblies
• Experience with design of experiments, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and yield improvement
• Ability to communicate clearly from the floor to senior leadership and to operate in a highly adaptive, iterative environment

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the

About the company

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