Production Manager - Starlink Insourcing (Injection Molding)

The role

The Production Manager for Starlink ensures component production and final assembly and test processes meet quality and timing goals. This role involves facilities planning, staffing, leadership development, and new product introduction.

What you will do

• Manage a team of supervisors and 120+ technicians on a 4 shift structure.
• Implement a development program to enhance team capability, quality, and lead time.
• Maintain an excellent safety record.
• Champion continuous improvement projects using metrics and data.
• Identify root causes for quality issues and implement improvement actions.
• Manage resource levels for optimum team performance.
• Monitor and communicate area status, readiness, and risks to leadership.
• Maintain compliance to internal quality and ISO9001 and AS9100 standards.
• Partner with engineering teams for product manufacturability.
• Implement machine maintenance schedules and back-up spares availability.

Required qualifications

• Advanced degree and 2+ years of experience in Engineering, Production, Manufacturing, or Operations; or
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in Engineering, Production, Manufacturing, or Operations; or
• 8+ years of experience in Engineering, Production, Manufacturing, or Operations.
• 2+ years of direct leadership/management experience.
• Must be willing to work flexible and/or extended hours.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 25 lbs. unassisted.
• Ability to stoop, bend, crawl, and maneuver in tight spaces.
• 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.

Nice to have

• 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.
• Experience defining and assessing quality standards associated with common manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated professional experience building and leading production teams in a fast paced, high technology field.
• Experience in fast-paced iterative design environments within the consumer electronics, mobile handset, and medical devices, aerospace or automotive industries.
• Demonstrated capability to solve complex problems with little to no supervision.
• Working experience with IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001 manufacturing for Class 3 products.
• Experience and/or certification with statistical process control such as Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma.
• Working proficiency with DFMEA and PFMEA methodology and implementation.
• Experience identifying and analyzing production process improvements for rate and quality.

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.