Operations Engineer - Space Hardware Manufacturing

Starpath Robotics; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

PTO

Health/dental/vision coverage

Job summary

Starpath Robotics is seeking an Operations Engineer for the Starlight Megafactory in Los Angeles/Hawthorne, CA. You will define day-to-day factory operations, design workflows, staffing plans, and the systems that enable hitting rate and quality targets.

You will develop and improve standard work, lead root-cause investigations, and collaborate with manufacturing, quality, test, and IT teams to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of operations or manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and own manufacturing workflows across the megafactory - from material receipt through cell manufacturing, panel assembly, test, and shipping.
• Define shift structures, staffing plans, and cell/line layouts to hit production rate and cost targets.
• Build and maintain factory metrics - throughput, yield, cycle time, WIP, OEE - and drive continuous improvement against them.
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and test engineering to close operational issues at the source.
• Own factory-level scheduling, work order flow, and production planning tools in partnership with IT and manufacturing systems.
• Develop and improve standard work, work instructions, and training programs for operators and technicians.
• Lead root-cause investigations on production issues - line stoppages, yield excursions, quality escapes - and drive corrective action.
• Support rate ramps and new product introductions (NPI) by coordinating across engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing.
• Partner with EHS on safety, ergonomics, and factory floor layout.
• Push back on unnecessary complexity - simplify workflows, eliminate waste, and cut overhead wherever it doesn’t add value.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Data-driven decisions

Manufacturing optimization

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in industrial/manufacturing/mechanical engineering

Tools

SQL

Python

MES

ERP

Job description

Starpath Robotics is seeking an Operations Engineer for the Starlight Megafactory in Los Angeles/Hawthorne, CA. You will define day-to-day factory operations, design workflows, staffing plans, and the systems that enable hitting rate and quality targets.

You will develop and improve standard work, lead root-cause investigations, and collaborate with manufacturing, quality, test, and IT teams to drive continuous improvement.