Starship Mechanisms Build Engineer — Drive Production

United States Digital Space LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock incentives

Stock Purchase Plan

Comprehensive benefits (medical,vision

Dental

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Build Engineer to develop production procedures, optimize CAD designs, and enable efficient assembly of Starship mechanisms. You will partner with design and manufacturing teams to streamline workflows and reduce bottlenecks on a fast-paced rocket program.

Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics and at least 1 year of hands-on design, development, and manufacturing experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, or physics.
• 1+ years of hands on experience driving the design, development and manufacturing (internship, personal projects, and academic project team experience is applicable).
• Leadership or mentorship experience and the ability to effectively communicate and build strong relationships with all levels in the organization (technicians, engineers, exec team).
• Experience in build/test development and on-time delivery of new hardware.
• Experience with manufacturing processes, including fabrication, welding, machining, or assembly.
• Solid understanding and application of GD&T.
• Analytical/scientific programming experience (i.e. Python, Matlab, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Develop production procedures/processes and manage the transition of parts and assemblies from development to production.
• Review CAD models to ensure designs are optimized and efficient.
• Design the factory and process to deliver state-of-the-art hardware for Starship and Super Heavy.
• Integrate subsystems into full vehicle assemblies.
• Design tools for manufacturing.
• Own high-level project management.
• Develop and execute test procedures.
• Question assembly/test requirements, delete parts and manufacturing processes, simplify/optimize production flow, accelerate production, and cut-in targeted automation.
• Implement linear production flow, visual indicators of bottlenecks/stock-outs, and product-specific build/test cells for low-intervention production.
• Partner with other teams to generate ideas, designs, and improvements for current and next-generation vehicles.

Skills

Leadership

Build/test development

Manufacturing processes

GD&T

Python

Matlab

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics

Tools

CAD software

Process tooling

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Build Engineer to develop production procedures, optimize CAD designs, and enable efficient assembly of Starship mechanisms. You will partner with design and manufacturing teams to streamline workflows and reduce bottlenecks on a fast-paced rocket program.

Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics and at least 1 year of hands-on design, development, and manufacturing experience.