Sr. Operations Engineer (Starship Machining)
About The Position
The Hawthorne Starship Machining team machines and delivers parts used in critical applications on Starship/Super Heavy - from regulators and solenoids to butterfly valves. Operations engineers own the factory build and expansion, process flow, machine installation and commissioning, and project planning. Operations engineers have an eye for detail and simplicity and make that become reality on the factory floor. If you like strategic planning, building a new factory from scratch, juggling many different priorities, improving part flow, and spending most of your time away from your desk, a role on the operations engineering team may be for you!
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in physics or an engineering discipline
- 5+ years of hands-on manufacturing experience
- Ability to stand for long durations and work directly with hardware on the floor
- Ability to stoop and bend when necessary
- Ability to lift/carry up to 25lbs (unassisted) for 1-2 hours per day
- Ability to travel and work long hours or weekends when necessary
Nice To Haves
- Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment
- Experience with installing and commissioning complex machinery and automated manufacturing cells
- Process engineering experience including project management, capacity modeling, process mapping, and layouts
- Experience with industrial facilities: HVAC, gases, electrical, structural/foundations, etc.
- 4+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems
- Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles
- Ability to work well across teams and skill sets to find the simplest and best solution
- Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams
Responsibilities
- Design and own factory and production area layouts that enable increased capacity and capability for machining Starship components
- Lead the installation and commissioning of new automated CNC machining cells, including the CNC machines themselves, automated material feed systems, automated part catch systems, and all other ancillary production cell equipment
- Conduct job walks with vendors, negotiate prices and hold vendors to schedule
- Execute on complex projects in the minimum amount of time and expense to the business
- Get hands-on and lead by example to get projects completed rapidly
- Actively develop system and process improvements across production teams
- Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems for production to guide decisions
- Drive adherence to safety throughout the factory build-out process and design production work centers that are optimized for safety
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 leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
