Lead PCB Manufacturing Engineer, Starlink

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Mechanical Engineer, PCB (STARLINK) to lead the development and implementation of manufacturing processes for PCB production. You will design, install, and optimize equipment and processes to scale high-volume PCB manufacturing, including DOE, and work with senior leadership during critical design phases.

You will help ramp the Starlink Bastrop facility to become the largest PCB manufacturing site in North America, interfacing across fabrication, testing, and assembly teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 1+ years of experience with fluids, mechanical, electromechanical design, and/or analysis (internship or project team experience is applicable)
• Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline (preferred)
• 2+ years hands-on project experience with complex fluid or mechanical-based production systems, preferably as a lead
• 3+ years of professional experience in design and analysis
• Experience with PCB manufacturing processes like metal plating, chemical etching, CNC drill equipment, lamination presses, cleanroom equipment

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain new and/or improved manufacturing processes, equipment, technologies, and facilities; examples could include laser and mechanical CNC drilling machines, advanced inductive lamination machines, plasma etching chambers, screen printing and inkjet printing adhesives, automation cells, copper etching and plating lines, etc.
• Analyze production processes and machinery from a first principles, physics-based approach
• Lead Design of Experiments (DOE) to establish a stable and robust process; perform defect characterization and analysis to determine root cause and improve yields
• Develop project plans, budgets, and cost/benefit analysis for implementation of new processes or machines
• Own and perform machine activation and testing with a small team of engineers and technicians
• Solve technical and emergent issues from manufacturing (part quality, machine reliability, process instability)

Skills

Fluids

Mechanical design

Electromechanical design

Analysis

DOE leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

PCB manufacturing equipment

CNC drilling machines

Lamination presses

Cleanroom equipment

Metal plating

Chemical etching

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Mechanical Engineer, PCB (STARLINK) to lead the development and implementation of manufacturing processes for PCB production. You will design, install, and optimize equipment and processes to scale high-volume PCB manufacturing, including DOE, and work with senior leadership during critical design phases.

You will help ramp the Starlink Bastrop facility to become the largest PCB manufacturing site in North America, interfacing across fabrication, testing, and assembly teams