Aerospace Machining Manufacturing Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Hawthorne (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Manufacturing Engineer (Machining) to join our Hawthorne production team. You will own the interface between engineering and production, driving design-for-manufacturing input and leading manufacturing integration across current and next-generation vehicles.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in engineering or physics with hands-on experience, plus CNC and CAM exposure. Master’s degree and GD&T expertise are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience in design, development, manufacturing or test.
• Master's degree in an engineering discipline (preferred).
• Experience with CNC machinery (lathe, mill, waterjet, laser cutter, EDM).
• Experience with CAM programming (Hypermill, MasterCAM, ESPRIT, NX).
• GD&T experience and geometric dimensional tolerancing.
• CAD experience (NX & Teamcenter).
• Design for manufacturability and assembly experience.
• Experience with capacity modeling, process mapping, and fault analysis.
• Lean Six Sigma or equivalent high-performance culture systems.
• Pareto analysis, root cause, and corrective action experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for design and process improvements to boost manufacturing efficiency.
• Analyze and disposition recurring manufacturing discrepancies with root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Create and manage manufacturing BOMs, work instructions, and specifications.
• Communicate daily with production, machining, maintenance, quality, and design engineering to ensure on-time delivery.
• Lead projects for alternate component technologies to reduce cost or improve quality.

Skills

GD&T

Root cause analysis

Pareto analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

CNC machinery

CAM programming

NX

Teamcenter

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Manufacturing Engineer (Machining) to join our Hawthorne production team. You will own the interface between engineering and production, driving design-for-manufacturing input and leading manufacturing integration across current and next-generation vehicles.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in engineering or physics with hands-on experience, plus CNC and CAM exposure. Master’s degree and GD&T expertise are highly valued.