Senior Starship Production Operations Engineer

Future Ventures; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Sr. Operations Engineer, Starship Production (Starbase) to lead capital equipment upgrades, layout optimization, and production planning for high-volume manufacturing.

You will drive throughput, reduce build hours, and standardize best practices across Production, Engineering, Test, Materials, Quality, and Supply Chain. This on-site role requires a mechanical or aerospace background, 5+ years in production engineering or industrial project management, and strong

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.
• Experience with high-volume production atmospheres (automotive or similar).
• Proficiency with CAD programs (NX, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Revit, or similar).
• Proficiency with Lean principles, Six Sigma concepts and applications.

Responsibilities

• Identify, design, plan, and execute upgrades to meet production, materials management, and site demand.
• Drive improvements to increase throughput, reduce build hours and quality issues, and remove waste.
• Act as SME in Starship production processes, enabling data gathering and problem solving.
• Develop and implement production strategies to mitigate risks and improve output, quality, safety and cost.
• Develop site and factory design plans to meet production rate targets (layouts, capacity, material flow).
• Define new business processes and systems for high-volume production (MES, inventory, configuration, traceability).
• Train technicians, engineers, and leaders on best practices and drive process improvement workshops.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure efficiency and consistency.
• Present findings and opportunities to program leadership.

Skills

Engineering degree

5+ years experience

Lean / Six Sigma

Data analysis

Supply chain / MRP

CAD proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Power BI

SQL

Python

Bluebeam Revu

Job description

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Sr. Operations Engineer, Starship Production (Starbase) to lead capital equipment upgrades, layout optimization, and production planning for high-volume manufacturing.

You will drive throughput, reduce build hours, and standardize best practices across Production, Engineering, Test, Materials, Quality, and Supply Chain. This on-site role requires a mechanical or aerospace background, 5+ years in production engineering or industrial project management, and strong