Supply Chain Optimization Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

3 weeks of paid vacation

10+ paid holidays per year

Paid sick time

Shuttle service from Seattle to Redmon

Job summary

SpaceX is hiring an Operations Engineer in Redmond, WA for the Starlink satellite team to enhance the materials management and supply chain, ensuring safety, reliability, and process capability.

You will drive design and development of new processes and infrastructure, collaborate with development, supply chain, and production teams, and push for continuous improvement in inventory, delivery, and waste reduction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• 1+ years in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or inventory management.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends on occasion.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan, and execute upgrades related to materials management to meet production demand.
• Manage material flow projects and meet tight timelines while communicating with stakeholders.
• Drive improvements to increase inventory, on-time delivery, reliability, and reduce waste.
• Identify challenges in satellite material flow, determine root causes, and develop solutions.
• Develop and improve key process indicators and operations metrics.
• Pull and transform data to inform activities and build a business case for improvements.
• Train inventory and receiving specialists and leaders on best-in-class practices.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Lean, Six Sigma

Data analytics

Industrial/operations engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering or supply chain

Tools

CAD software

SQL

Power BI

Grafana

Python

R

Minitab

Excel

Job description

SpaceX is hiring an Operations Engineer in Redmond, WA for the Starlink satellite team to enhance the materials management and supply chain, ensuring safety, reliability, and process capability.

You will drive design and development of new processes and infrastructure, collaborate with development, supply chain, and production teams, and push for continuous improvement in inventory, delivery, and waste reduction.