SpaceX Operations Engineer for Starlink Satellite team focusing on materials management and satellite supply chain improvements. Drive capital equipment upgrades and process improvements to meet production and site demand.
Responsibilities
Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, building/infrastructure, and layout upgrades specifically related to materials management to meet production and site demand
Manage material flow projects, and execute to tight timelines while effectively communicating with and influencing stakeholders
Drive improvements to increase inventory, on-time delivery, reliability, and reduce waste
Anticipate and identify challenges within the satellite material flow and logistics value stream, determine root-cause failures, and develop appropriate solutions
Develop, standardize, and continuously improve key process indicators and other operations metrics
Pull and transform data to understand and communicate current activities, and build a business case for improvement efforts
Anticipate and identify challenges within the material flow and logistics value stream, determine root-cause failures, and develop appropriate solutions
Train inventory and receiving specialists, logistics team members, and leaders on best-in-class operations practices by driving process improvement workshops, providing training and information briefs on key topics, and demonstrating solutions
Qualification
1+ years of experience in manufacturing1+ year of experience with CAD softwareExperience as an industrialProficiency with statisticsExperience with inventoryExperience with LeanExperience with data analytics
Required
Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline
1+ years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and/or inventory management (including school projects, clubs, or internships)
Preferred
Master's degree in engineering or supply chain
1+ year of experience with CAD software, SQL, business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI, Grafana), analysis tools (Python/R, Minitab, Excel, etc.), or discrete event modeling tools
Experience as an industrial, operations, quality, process, or manufacturing engineer in a manufacturing environment
Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization
Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
Proficient in identifying system enhancement opportunities, understanding end-user requirements, and the ability to translate requirement needs into design requirements
Experience with Lean, six sigma, and related production principles
