Senior PCB Production Operations Manager

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, Texas, seeks a Manager of Printed Circuit Board Production to lead a large production team during ramp and steady-state operations. You will build the organization, set standards, and work with engineering to optimize PCB processes while ensuring safety and quality.

Applicants should have a engineering degree or strong manufacturing leadership experience, and the ability to manage a 50+ person, multi-shift operation in a dynamic startup environment at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM discipline or 4+ years of manufacturing leadership.
• 3+ years of production operations or process development experience.
• 2+ years in a leadership position.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large team of supervisors, technicians, and associates on a multi-shift schedule.
• Ensure a strong focus on safety and maintain an excellent safety record.
• Build talent pipeline: Recruit, onboard, and develop leaders and ICs.
• Create training/onboarding programs and career development paths to boost quality, reduce lead time/cost.
• Define and enforce operational standards with strict accountability.
• Collaborate with engineering to startup & optimize PCB equipment & processes.
• Drive continuous improvement via metrics (yield, OEE, throughput).
• Ensure root causes for quality issues are identified and appropriate improvement actions are put in place to prevent recurrence.
• Report area status/risks to leadership and foster cross-department collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Safety culture

Recruiting

Process development

Lean manufacturing

PCB manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, Texas, seeks a Manager of Printed Circuit Board Production to lead a large production team during ramp and steady-state operations. You will build the organization, set standards, and work with engineering to optimize PCB processes while ensuring safety and quality.

Applicants should have a engineering degree or strong manufacturing leadership experience, and the ability to manage a 50+ person, multi-shift operation in a dynamic startup environment at scale.