Operations Engineer (Starship)
About The Position
The Operations Engineering team supports the Starship program in Hawthorne through strategic planning, optimization of production processes, and allocation of resources. We are seeking engineers to lead cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams that will create the factory of the future that optimizes operations in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate should be an emerging leader who can apply principles of operations engineering, engineering, and data science to complex multi-resource optimization. We are searching for qualified engineers who can continuously improve part flow, interested in being on a manufacturing floor, and use data to drive decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of professional or internship experience in a manufacturing environment
Nice To Haves
- 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
- 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
Responsibilities
- Design and own factory and production area layouts following the rules of clear visual indicators and linear flow principles
- Conduct job walks with vendors, negotiate prices, and hold vendors to schedule
- Host process walks of production lines, and ask questions to delete or simplify process steps and kick off changes
- Work as part of a team to develop and manage production strategy to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost
- Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems for production to guide decisions
- Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions
- Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand
- Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production elements
Benefits
- Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- 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
- Various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
