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SR. OPERATIONS ENGINEER, STARLINK SATELLITES
Starlink, our revolutionary satellite constellation, will deliver low-latency broadband internet worldwide. As a Senior Operations Engineer within the Starlink Satellite team, you will drive improvement projects to ensure that safety, reliability, and process capability goals are achieved, maintained, and improved. You will be a vital part of the relationship between our development, supply chain, and production teams. You will drive the design and development of new and existing processes and infrastructure to enable our current and future generation of Starlink Satellites.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, building/infrastructure, and layout upgrades to meet production, materials management, and site demand
- Manage projects and execute to tight timelines while effectively communicating to and influencing stakeholders
- Drive improvements to increase production and supply chain on-time delivery, reliability, and reduce scrap
- Anticipate and identify challenges within the satellite manufacturing and procurement value stream, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions
- Develop, standardize, and continuously improve key process indicators and other operations metrics. Provide detailed analyses, and drive action plans
- Train technicians, engineers, and leaders on best-in-class operations practices by driving process improvement workshops; providing training and information briefs on key topics; and demonstrating solutions in the area
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline
- 5+ years professional experience in an operations, manufacturing, supply chain, or production focused role
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 5+ years professional experience with:
- high volume and/or high mix manufacturing, or
- design for manufacture and product development life cycle, or
- quality tools including root cause and corrective action, PFMEAs, QMS and process auditing and statistical analysis of quality metrics
- Demonstrated experience with CAD and factory layouts
- Experience with capacity modeling, process mapping, and fault analysis
- Ability to make appropriate assumptions and perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals to create rationale for clear recommendations
- Working knowledge of Python or other coding languages.
- Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems).
- Experience in control and monitoring of complex systems and risk assessment/reduction of the system.
- Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment with ongoing drive for continuous improvement in all aspects of work
- Experience with CAD software, Power BI or other data visualization tools, and discrete event modeling tools.
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and ability to succinctly present recommendations to stakeholders, the customer, and management
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Ability to work on feet for up to 4+ hours a day
- Will sometimes be working directly with the hardware on the floor and will have to be comfortable stooping, bending, and standing
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Pay range:
Sr. Operations Engineer/Senior: $125,000.00 - $175,000.00/per year
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year. Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to [email protected].
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SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary.
SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA.
