Production Scheduler (Starship)

SpaceX•Westminster, MD

13h•$85,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Production Scheduler for SpaceX’s Starship program drives efficient production by developing rate-based schedules, identifying part shortages, projecting long-term departmental needs, and tracking constraints across builds. The role collaborates with teams to establish and execute daily and weekly goals aligned with overall production rate targets. The scheduler manages hardware priorities and allocations across production work centers and shared resources, while coordinating with internal suppliers and other departments. The position also analyzes capacity and schedule risk, resolves build issues, and identifies opportunities to improve scheduling automation, product yield, quality, safety, cost, and team efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 1 year of manufacturing scheduling, planning, or operations experience; or at least 3 years of professional experience in manufacturing scheduling, planning, or operations.
Experience using ERP/MRP systems in a production environment.
Must be available for all shifts, extended hours, and/or weekends as needed.
Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted.
Must be able to stand for at least 8 hours.

Nice To Haves

Remarkable problem-solving skills, with a bias for speed and accuracy.
Self-motivation, ability to learn quickly, and ability to prioritize efforts to meet customer and company goals.
Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external supplier/customer relationships in a fast-moving and changing environment.
Technical knowledge and skills in coding and computer applications such as MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, and Power BI.
Strong track record of implementing continuous improvement efforts, ideally using lean principles, Six Sigma, or Kaizen concepts.
Experience leading multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams working on strategic problems.
Project management professional certification.

Responsibilities

Assist with production scheduling for a production work center, including identifying need dates for part shortages and projecting long-term, high-level departmental rate needs.
Create rate-based hardware schedules and define and track constraints across builds for the next six or more missions.
Use established schedules to develop scenarios and secure stakeholder buy-in on hardware allocation between new and refurbished hardware, considering customer needs, the mission manifest, and customer quality requirements.
Work with production teams to set, track, and execute daily and weekly work-center goals that account for personnel and equipment constraints while supporting overall rate targets.
Build strong relationships with internal suppliers and establish accurate communication about estimated hardware needs and completion dates.
Manage hardware scheduling and prioritization at shared resources used by multiple SpaceX departments.
Negotiate priorities with peers in other departments and seek creative solutions that support optimal business outcomes.
Monitor MRP systems and use SQL queries to identify hardware shortages for upcoming builds and bring needed hardware into the production area.
Identify, develop, and implement scheduling automation opportunities across the Starship Ship Engineering department to reduce manual schedule development, tracking, and updating.
Reduce near-term and future schedule risk through work-center capacity analysis, identifying causes of schedule slips, and leading reactive and proactive mitigation initiatives.
Lead root-cause investigations and develop permanent resolutions for issues found during product builds to eliminate blockers to on-time delivery.
Drive conversations about assembly-level and integration misalignment.
Identify and support improvements to product yield, quality, safety, cost, and team efficiency.

Benefits

Potential eligibility for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
Potential discretionary bonuses.
Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an 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.
Accrual of 3 weeks of paid vacation.
Eligibility for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy.