Operations Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX • Starbase, TX, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

You'll be part of an aggressively paced constantly evolving results focused real as it gets engineering team at Starbase. We design, build, activate, modify, improve, and maintain the fluid systems that fuel the most powerful rocket in the world. Aimed at pivoting and fixing issues every day, you can plan on having your skills put to the test, having hardware you designed, made, and installed the same day in a development-focused environment. From tens of thousands of gallons per minute of cryogens to tens of pounds per second of high-pressure gas, we develop clever solutions to meet the needs of a demanding launch and test program both today and in the future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or physics
• 1+ years of experience in a production, manufacturing, test, integration, or launch engineering role
• 1+ years of experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for data analysis or project scheduling

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with complex and/or low-margin mechanical, structural, fluid, and electronic systems
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, take initiative, and communicate effectively
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while maintaining a high sense of urgency in a high-paced, challenging work environment
• Willingness to perform other related duties to ensure an efficient and effective work environment
• Experience with quick thinking and problem-solving in stressful situations
• Experience solving challenges posed by short deadlines
• Creativity to imagine and design for reliability, efficiency, and maintainability from scratch
• General hands-on experience with machining, welding, and other fabrication techniques is a plus
• Experience with instrumentation, testing, data review and analysis, verification against a model
• Experience with high-pressure and cryogenic fluid systems and components
• Collaborative team player, eager to find the best solution while balancing cost and schedule
• Acute attention to detail, ability to see interactions with other systems to avoid problems
• Intermediate skill level using CAD with NX as a plus
• Ability to verify designs with simplified hand calculations
• Creative and passionate approach to addressing opportunities and challenges, and an enthusiastic, self-motivated, positive can-do attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent
• Experience with discrete event simulation or modeling tools
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, and other production and process improvement principles
• Prior experience in an industrial or operations engineering role
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and root cause analysis
• Advanced Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Partner with shop and field fabrication teams to identify operational challenges, key process constraints, and opportunities to reduce work scope or implement process improvements - this role includes full ownership of executing these improvements
• Create and maintain software tools and dashboards (Excel, SQL, Python) to empower engineering design teams and scale production of Starship launch infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in flight hardware logistics, supply chain, engineering, operations, production, and launch groups to synchronize efforts
• Develop and maintain tools to track key performance metrics, perform statistical analysis, and support data-driven decision making to optimize engineering and production processes
• Maintain a tight feedback loop with the launch engineering team and fabrication teams to rapidly alter processes and procedures
• Independently evaluate complex problems and arrive at solutions to seemingly impractical problems that best support the program
• Hands-on approach to tackling issues with production or engineering team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level