Operations Engineer, Starlink Satellites

SpaceX•Redmond, WA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Operations Engineer within the Starlink Satellite Production team, you will drive improvement projects to ensure that safety, reliability, and process capability goals are achieved, maintained, and improved. You will be a vital part of the relationship between our development, supply chain, and production teams. You will drive the design and development of new and existing processes and infrastructure to enable our current and future generation vehicles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
Experience with CAD software, SQL, business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI, Grafana), or analysis tools (Python/R, Arena, Minitab, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience as an industrial, operations, quality, process, or manufacturing engineer in a manufacturing environment
Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization
Experience with CAD software, Power BI, and discrete event modeling tools
Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
Proficient in identifying system enhancement opportunities, understanding end user requirements, and the ability to translate requirements needs into design requirements
Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams
Experience with gathering and using data to drive systemic improvements
Experience reviewing data and checking for accuracy/errors in a dataset based on process and system knowledge
Experience working in a highly demanding and fast paced environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to engineering, team members, internal customers and management

Responsibilities

Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, building/infrastructure, and layout upgrades to meet production, materials management, and site demand
Manage projects and execute to tight timelines while effectively communicating to and influencing stakeholders
Drive improvements to increase production throughput, reduce manufacturing build hours and quality issues, and remove waste from complex processes
Anticipate and identify challenges within the satellite manufacturing and procurement value stream, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions
Develop, standardize, and continuously improve key process indicators and other operations metrics.
Provide detailed analyses, and drive action plans
Train technicians, engineers, and leaders on best-in-class operations practices by driving process improvement workshops; providing training and information briefs on key topics; and demonstrating solutions in the area

Benefits

comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
access to a 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 time in compliance with state and federal law
Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.