Senior Mechanical Engineer, Starship Operations — Onsite

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Operations (Starship) to lead production programs through strategic planning, optimization of processes, and resource alignment for high-rate manufacturing.

You will drive equipment upgrades, develop layouts, and lead cross-functional teams to improve output, quality, safety, and cost in a fast-paced environment. Onsite Starbase, TX preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, industrial, or other engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in production engineering, manufacturing, or industrial project management.

Responsibilities

• Identify, design, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, building/infrastructure, and layout upgrades to meet production, materials management, and site demand.
• Drive improvements to increase production throughput, reduce production build hours and quality issues, and remove waste from complex processes.
• Act as subject matter expert in multiple Starship production processes and systems, enabling complex data gathering, troubleshooting, and problem solving.
• Work as part of a team to develop, manage, and implement production strategies to mitigate future production risks and seize opportunities to improve output, quality, safety, and cost.
• Develop site and factory design plans that meet production rate targets, involving production line layouts, capacity studies, material flow analyses, building requirements, and facility/utility resources.
• Define new business processes and systems for high volume production, including manufacturing execution, inventory management, nonconformance resolution, configuration management, material traceability, process control, and maintenance.
• Train technicians, engineers, and leaders on best-in-class operations practices by driving process improvement workshops, providing training and information briefs on key topics, and demonstrating solutions in the area.
• Consistently contribute effort, leadership, and creative thinking to solving complex problems in a collaborative fashion and under tight deadlines.
• Collaborate across disciplines including Production, Engineering, Test, Materials Management, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure efficiency and consistency across the organization.
• Regularly present findings, improvement opportunities, and project execution to program leadership

Skills

Capital equipment upgrades

Production throughput optimization

Cross-functional leadership

CAD proficiency

Lean Six Sigma

Data analysis

Power BI

SQL

Python

Discrete event modeling

Bluebeam Revu

Dataset validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/aerospace/industrial engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Operations (Starship) to lead production programs through strategic planning, optimization of processes, and resource alignment for high-rate manufacturing.

You will drive equipment upgrades, develop layouts, and lead cross-functional teams to improve output, quality, safety, and cost in a fast-paced environment. Onsite Starbase, TX preferred.