Operations Engineer (Production)

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

429d • $110,000 - $130,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Engineer (Production) at SpaceX plays a crucial role in supporting the Falcon and Dragon production programs. This position involves strategic planning, optimizing production processes, and aligning resources to tasks. The engineer will lead cross-functional teams to enhance production, test, launch, and recovery operations in a dynamic environment, applying principles from operations engineering, operations research, and data science to solve complex optimization problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization
• Experience with CAD software, Power BI, and discrete event modeling tools
• Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
• Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment
• Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles
• Experience or education in management science and engineering, operations engineering, operations research, or industrial engineering
• Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high stress environments
• Excellent written and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems for production, supply chain, and operations to guide decisions.
• Work as part of a team to develop and manage production strategy to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost.
• Develop process flow models to analyze production system behavior and synchronize output with other elements of the company.
• Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions.
• Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand.
• Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production elements.
• Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain, engineering, operations, and accounting groups to synchronize efforts.
• Capture best practices of production systems, and manage organizational knowledge and lessons-learned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• 5 days of sick leave per year
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or cash awards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree