Starship Production Operations Engineer: Process & Impact

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Operations Engineer (Starship Production) to optimize production processes for the Starship program through strategic planning, data-driven analysis, and KPI tracking. The role requires cross-functional collaboration to improve quality, safety, and throughput.

The engineer will develop tools and models, design layouts, identify root causes, and implement solutions to mitigate risks and align resources for efficient production and cost control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or mathematics/physics is required.
• 2+ years of professional experience in manufacturing or industrial project management, or 1+ year of experience using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, cost, utilization, and efficiency problems for production, supply chain, and operations to guide decisions.
• Work as part of a team to develop and manage production strategy to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost.
• Develop process flow models to analyze production system behavior and synchronize output with other elements of the company.
• Design and implement production line layouts that meet throughput demands while utilizing space efficiently.
• Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop and implement appropriate solutions.
• Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand.
• Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production elements by spending time on the production floor.
• Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain, engineering, operations, production, infrastructure, and accounting groups to synchronize efforts.
• Capture best practices of production systems, and manage organizational knowledge and lessons learned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or mathematics/physics

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Operations Engineer (Starship Production) to optimize production processes for the Starship program through strategic planning, data-driven analysis, and KPI tracking. The role requires cross-functional collaboration to improve quality, safety, and throughput.

The engineer will develop tools and models, design layouts, identify root causes, and implement solutions to mitigate risks and align resources for efficient production and cost control.