Operations Engineer (Starship Supply Chain)

Spacex; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an Operations Engineer for the Starship Supply Chain to lead cross-functional projects improving production and procurement strategies.

The role focuses on applying operations engineering, data science, and process optimization to deliver a factory of the future with scalable processes and measurable performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of professional or internship experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems).
• Experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis on modeling dynamic systems.
• Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles.
• Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment.
• Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Host process walks of production lines and simplify steps.
• Develop and manage production and procurement strategy to mitigate risks and improve quality, output, safety, and cost.
• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost for supply chain decisions.
• Identify operational challenges, determine root causes, and develop solutions.
• Develop and track KPIs and actions to optimize production and supply chain processes.
• Improve systems and processes within production and supply chain for indirect procurement.

Skills

Process engineering

Inventory planning

Excel

SQL

Python

R

Data analysis

Lean

Six Sigma

Cross-functional teams

Manufacturing engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Process modeling tools

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 SUPPLY CHAIN)

The Starship Supply Chain team supports the Starship program in Hawthorne through strategic planning, procurement, optimization of supply chain processes processes, and bridging the gap between operations and our supply chain procurement teams. We are seeking an engineer to lead cross-functional and multidisciplinary projects that will create the factory of the future that optimizes operations in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate should be an emerging leader who can apply principles of operations engineering, engineering, and data science to complex multi-resource optimization. We are searching for qualified engineers who can continuously improve part flow, procurement systems, and streamline the process of production signal generation to fulfillment and the metrics to hold the proper parties accountable.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Host process walks of production lines, and ask questions to delete or simplify process steps and kick off changes
• Work as part of a team to develop and manage production and procurement strategy to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost
• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems for supply chain management and decision making
• Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions
• Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production and/or supply chain processes to meet our forecasted growing demand
• Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production and supply chain for indirect procurement

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional or internship experience in a manufacturing environment

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Process engineering experience including project management, capacity modeling, processing mapping, and layouts
• Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
• Experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis on modeling dynamic systems
• Experience with SI tools for process modeling or complex system engineering
• Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization
• Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment
• Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles
• Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones
• This is a hands-on position that will require standing for long durations of the day and directly interacting with other team members and hardware on the floor
• This position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered