Operations Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Operations Engineer for the Starlink Satellite materials management team in Bastrop, TX. You will drive capital projects and process improvements to optimize inventory, delivery reliability, and overall logistics within a fast-moving production environment.

The role requires collaboration with development, supply chain, and production teams, with an emphasis on data analysis, KPI development, and end-to-end process optimization.

Qualifications

• . 1+ years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and/or inventory management (including school projects, clubs, or internships)
• . Proficiency with data analytics, statistics and visualization techniques
• . Experience with inventory, production and capacity planning (MRP/ERP)
• . Strong communication skills and ability to present to engineering teams and leadership
• . Lean, six sigma and related production principles

Responsibilities

• Identify and plan upgrades to materials management related to production and site demand
• Manage material flow projects and communicate with stakeholders
• Drive improvements to increase inventory accuracy, on-time delivery, reliability and reduce waste
• Analyze root-cause failures in material flow and develop solutions
• Develop and monitor key process indicators and metrics
• Transform data to present current activities and justify improvements
• Train inventory and logistics staff on best practices and process improvements

Skills

Supply chain

Inventory management

Data analysis

Statistics

Lean Six Sigma

Communication

Manufacturing engineering

Project coordination

Education

Master's degree in engineering or supply chain

Tools

CAD

SQL

Power BI

Grafana

Python

R

Minitab

Excel

Job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

Starlink is the world's first and largest satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet capable of supporting streaming, online gaming, video calls and more. Leveraging advanced satellites and user hardware coupled with our deep experience with both spacecraft and on-orbit operations, Starlink delivers high-speed, low-latency internet to users all over the world. As an Operations Engineer on the Starlink Satellite team, you will drive improvement projects for our Materials Management and Satellite Supply Chain organization to ensure that safety, reliability, and process capability goals are achieved, maintained, and improved. You will be a vital part of the relationship between our development, supply chain, and production teams. You will drive the design and development of new and existing processes and infrastructure to enable SpaceX to continue building and improving the world's most advanced satellite constellation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, building/infrastructure, and layout upgrades specifically related to materials management to meet production and site demand
• Manage material flow projects, and execute to tight timelines while effectively communicating with and influencing stakeholders
• Drive improvements to increase inventory, on-time delivery, reliability, and reduce waste
• Anticipate and identify challenges within the satellite material flow and logistics value stream, determine root-cause failures, and develop appropriate solutions
• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve key process indicators and other operations metrics
• Pull and transform data to understand and communicate current activities, and build a business case for improvement efforts
• Anticipate and identify challenges within the material flow and logistics value stream, determine root-cause failures, and develop appropriate solutions
• Train inventory and receiving specialists, logistics team members, and leaders on best-in-class operations practices by driving process improvement workshops, providing training and information briefs on key topics, and demonstrating solutions

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and/or inventory management (including school projects, clubs, or internships)

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master's degree in engineering or supply chain
• 1+ year of experience with CAD software, SQL, business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI, Grafana), analysis tools (Python/R, Minitab, Excel, etc.), or discrete event modeling tools
• Experience as an industrial, operations, quality, process, or manufacturing engineer in a manufacturing environment
• Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization
• Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
• Proficient in identifying system enhancement opportunities, understanding end-user requirements, and the ability to translate requirement needs into design requirements
• Experience with Lean, six sigma, and related production principles
• Experience with data analytics
• Strong communication skills and the ability to make presentations to engineering teams, internal customers, and leadership

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• This position is based in Bastrop, TX and requires being onsite
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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