Senior Foundry Operations Engineer

Starlink; Bastrop (TX); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Senior Operations Engineer to own the blades and vanes foundry buildout, delivering on-time, under-budget results and lean, visually clear production flows. You’ll lead multi-discipline teams, manage schedules, costs, and permits, and work hands-on to resolve field challenges and drive rapid scale-up.

Applicants should have a degree in engineering and 5+ years in industrial or construction engineering, plus experience with process mapping, capacity planning, and ERP

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience in industrial, operations, or construction engineering
• Process engineering experience including project management, capacity modeling, process mapping, and layouts
• Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
• Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment
• Understanding of multiple disciplines such as HVAC, gases, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, piping, geotechnical, and surveying
• 1+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems
• Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles
• Ability to work well across teams and skill sets to find the simplest and best solution
• Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams

Aufgaben

• Design and own factory and production area layouts that follow lean principles, emphasizing clear visual indicators, linear flow, and operational efficiency
• Own the full lifecycle of the foundry buildout, ensuring on-time and under-budget delivery of complex projects with minimum time and expense to the business
• Act as the primary construction project manager and extreme owner for all multi-discipline aspects of the project, both in the field and office
• Get hands-on and lead by example to ensure projects are completed rapidly
• Perform project control tasks including detailed scheduling, cost tracking, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting
• Facilitate all required city, county, and governmental approvals and permits
• Interact daily with contractors, fabricators, engineers, and internal customers while resolving design and construction conflicts in the field in real-time
• Coordinate with end users, facilities teams, and operations stakeholders for seamless building operations, maintenance, and handover
• Develop tools and analytics to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems, providing clear data-driven guidance for decision making
• Proactively identify operational challenges, inefficiencies, and opportunities for process simplification, and help implement effective solutions

Kenntnisse

Process engineering

Capacity planning

ERP/MRP systems

Lean / Six Sigma

Cross-functional teams

Project management

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Excel

SQL

Python

Jobbeschreibung

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Senior Operations Engineer to own the blades and vanes foundry buildout, delivering on-time, under-budget results and lean, visually clear production flows. You’ll lead multi-discipline teams, manage schedules, costs, and permits, and work hands-on to resolve field challenges and drive rapid scale-up.

Applicants should have a degree in engineering and 5+ years in industrial or construction engineering, plus experience with process mapping, capacity planning, and ERP