Own manufacturing engineering strategy and production execution across the factory, including line scaling, capacity planning, and production readiness for new products

Design and scale automated production cells for precision electro-mechanical and optical assemblies, integrating robotics, alignment systems, inspection, and test automation

Own product-to-manufacturing handoff in partnership with mechanical, process, and optical engineering teams, driving design-for-manufacturability and design-for-assembly feedback into product development

Define and evolve production workflows, material flow, line layout, and inventory and traceability systems to support increasing volume and product complexity

Lead hardware-side MES integration and factory data system development, ensuring production data supports real-time decision-making, traceability, and continuous improvement

Own factory performance metrics—yield, scrap, throughput, uptime, cycle time, and reliability—and drive systematic improvement against targets

Build, lead, and develop the manufacturing engineering organization, including production engineering and production leadership roles, scaling the team in step with factory growth

Partner with supply chain and procurement to qualify incoming materials and components and ensure supplier quality supports production yield targets

Establish and maintain manufacturing process documentation, control plans, and qualification procedures

Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Mesh Optical (Starmind)

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Benefits

Company

SpaceX

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