Operations Engineer

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking an Operations Engineer for the Starlink Satellite team. You will drive improvements in materials management and logistics, partnering with development, supply chain, and production to ensure safety, reliability, and process capability goals are met.

The role involves planning capital equipment upgrades, managing material flow projects, and training teams on best-in-class operations practices while building a compelling case for improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (required).
• 1+ year in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or inventory management (including school projects, clubs, internships).
• Master's degree in engineering or supply chain (preferred).
• Experience with CAD, SQL, BI tools (Power BI, Grafana), Python/R or Minitab.
• Industrial/operations/quality/manufacturing engineer experience is a plus.
• Strong analytics, statistics, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization skills.
• Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (MRP/ERP).
• Ability to translate requirements into design improvements and enhance end-user experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify and execute upgrades to materials management infrastructure to meet production demand.
• Manage material flow projects and coordinate with stakeholders to meet tight timelines.
• Improve inventory, on-time delivery, reliability, and reduce waste.
• Root-cause analysis of supply chain challenges and implement solutions.
• Develop and monitor key process indicators and operations metrics.
• Transform data to inform improvements and build business cases for changes.
• Train inventory and logistics teams on best practices and lead improvement workshops.

Skills

Manufacturing

Supply chain

Logistics

Inventory management

Data analysis

Communication

Six Sigma

Power BI

Python/R

ERP/MRP

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

CAD

SQL

Power BI

Grafana

Excel

Minitab

Python

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.

OPERATIONS ENGINEER (STARLINK)

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

• Bachelor\'s degree in engineering discipline
• 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

Itar Requirements

• 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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