Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (Starship Components Operations)
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA · Components Test - Starship
About this role
SpaceX is hiring a senior-level Manufacturing Engineer in the operations function based in Hawthorne, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, R, SQL. Compensation is listed at $130,000–$180,000 per year.
- Role
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Hawthorne, CA
- Department
- Components Test - Starship
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Job description
from SpaceX careersSpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
SR. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER (STARSHIP COMPONENTS OPERATIONS)
The Starship Components Operations Build team owns the factory design and material flow to enable manufacturing, machining, and testing of flow control devices and mechanisms that drive critical capabilities on Starship/Super Heavy - from regulators and butterfly valves to flap/fin actuators. The Components Operations Engineering team builds the machine that makes the machine, in this case the factory that builds the components listed above. Factory build and expansion, process flow, machine moves, and project planning all fall under the scope of this team. Ops engineers have an eye for detail and simplicity and make that become reality on the factory floor. If you like strategic planning, juggling many different priorities, improving part flow, and spending most of your time away from your desk, a role on the operations engineering team may be for you!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design and own factory and production area layouts following the rules of clear visual indicators and linear flow