Starship Operations Engineer — Hands-On Launch Reliability

SpaceX; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Operations Engineer (Starship) to join the Starbase team and help design, build, activate and improve fluid systems for Starship operations. You will work with shop and field teams to identify operational challenges and implement process improvements, while developing tools to scale production and enable data‑driven decisions.

The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, collaboration across disciplines, and the ability to move quickly from concept to test.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or physics.
• 1+ years of experience in a production, manufacturing, test, integration, or launch engineering role.
• 1+ years of experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for data analysis or project scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Partner with shop and field fabrication teams to identify operational challenges, key process constraints, and opportunities to reduce work scope or implement process improvements - this role includes full ownership of executing these improvements.
• Create and maintain software tools and dashboards (Excel, SQL, Python) to empower engineering design teams and scale production of Starship launch infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in flight hardware logistics, supply chain, engineering, operations, production, and launch groups to synchronize efforts
• Develop and maintain tools to track key performance metrics, perform statistical analysis, and support data-driven decision-making to optimize engineering and production processes
• Maintain a tight feedback loop with the launch engineering team and fabrication teams to alter processes and procedures rapidly
• Independently evaluate complex problems and arrive at solutions to seemingly impractical problems that best support the program
• Hands-on approach to tackling issues with production or engineering team

Skills

Data analysis

Excel

SQL

Python

CAD NX

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics

Tools

NX CAD

Power BI

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Operations Engineer (Starship) to join the Starbase team and help design, build, activate and improve fluid systems for Starship operations. You will work with shop and field teams to identify operational challenges and implement process improvements, while developing tools to scale production and enable data‑driven decisions.

The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, collaboration across disciplines, and the ability to move quickly from concept to test.