Operations Engineer (Starship Production)

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Operations Engineer (Starship Production) to optimize production processes for the Starship program through strategic planning, data-driven analysis, and KPI tracking. The role requires cross-functional collaboration to improve quality, safety, and throughput.

The engineer will develop tools and models, design layouts, identify root causes, and implement solutions to mitigate risks and align resources for efficient production and cost control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or mathematics/physics is required.
• 2+ years of professional experience in manufacturing or industrial project management, or 1+ year of experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, cost, utilization, and efficiency problems for production, supply chain, and operations to guide decisions.
• Work as part of a team to develop and manage production strategy to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost.
• Develop process flow models to analyze production system behavior and synchronize output with other elements of the company.
• Design and implement production line layouts that meet throughput demands while utilizing space efficiently.
• Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop and implement appropriate solutions.
• Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand.
• Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production elements by spending time on the production floor.
• Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain, engineering, operations, production, infrastructure, and accounting groups to synchronize efforts.
• Capture best practices of production systems, and manage organizational knowledge and lessons learned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or mathematics/physics

Job description

the company 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 the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

OPERATIONS ENGINEER (STARSHIP PRODUCTION)

The Operations Engineer (Starship Production) role optimizes production processes for the company's Starship program through strategic planning, resource alignment, and data-driven analysis to mitigate risks and enhance efficiency in capacity, cost, and output. This involves developing tools, process models, and line layouts; identifying root causes of challenges; implementing solutions; and tracking KPIs while collaborating cross-functionally to capture best practices and drive improvements in quality, safety, and throughput.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, cost, utilization, and efficiency problems for production, supply chain, and operations to guide decisions
• Work as part of a team to develop and manage production strategy to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost
• Develop process flow models to analyze production system behavior and synchronize output with other elements of the company
• Designand implement production linelayouts that meet throughput demands while utilizing space efficiently
• Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop & implement appropriate solutions
• Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand
• Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production elements by spending time on the production floor
• Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain, engineering, operations, production, infrastructure, and accounting groups to synchronize efforts
• Capture best practices of production systems, and manage organizational knowledge and lessons learned

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or mathematics/physics
• 2+ years of professional experience in manufacturing or industrial project management, or 1+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: