Strategic Production Operations Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an Operations Engineer (Production) to lead cross‑functional teams in optimizing production, testing, launch, and recovery operations within a fast‑paced environment.

The role emphasizes applying operations engineering, operations research, and data science to complex optimization problems, driving capacity planning, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement across the production ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline is required.
• Experience using Excel/SQL/Python or R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, cost problems for production and operations.
• Lead cross‑functional teams to optimize production, testing, launch, and recovery operations.
• Develop process flow models to analyze production system behavior.
• Identify operational challenges, determine root causes, and implement solutions.
• Track KPIs and actions to optimize production to meet demand.

Skills

Excel

SQL

Python/R

Statistics

Data analysis

Visualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

CAD software

Power BI

Discrete event modeling tools

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an Operations Engineer (Production) to lead cross‑functional teams in optimizing production, testing, launch, and recovery operations within a fast‑paced environment.

The role emphasizes applying operations engineering, operations research, and data science to complex optimization problems, driving capacity planning, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement across the production ecosystem.