Production Operations Engineer: Optimize Spacecraft Manufacturing

United States Digital Space LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays

Paid vacation (3 weeks)

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Hawthorne, CA seeks an Operations Engineer (Production) to lead cross-functional teams in optimizing Falcon and Dragon production, testing, launch, and recovery operations. You will develop models, tools, and processes to improve quality, output, safety, and cost while aligning resources and strategies with business goals.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering and 1+ years with Excel/SQL/Python or R for analysis; on-site work at Hawthorne with potential

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline is required.
• 1+ years of experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.
• Comfort with data analysis and modeling for production and operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, cost 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 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
• Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop 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
• Collaborate with cross-departmental partners to synchronize efforts
• Capture best practices of production systems and manage organizational knowledge and lessons-learned

Skills

Excel

SQL

Python/R

Statistics

Data analysis

Cost/benefit analysis

Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

CAD software

Power BI

Discrete event modeling tools

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Hawthorne, CA seeks an Operations Engineer (Production) to lead cross-functional teams in optimizing Falcon and Dragon production, testing, launch, and recovery operations. You will develop models, tools, and processes to improve quality, output, safety, and cost while aligning resources and strategies with business goals.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering and 1+ years with Excel/SQL/Python or R for analysis; on-site work at Hawthorne with potential