Sr. Operations Engineer at SpaceX
Hawthorne, CA, United States
SpaceX 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. OPERATIONS ENGINEER
The Operations Engineering team supports production programs through strategic planning, optimization of production processes, and alignment of resources to tasks. We are looking for experienced engineers to lead cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams that optimize production operations in a fast-paced environment. We are seeking engineering leaders who can lead teams to apply principles of operations engineering, operations research, industrial engineering, and data science to complex optimization and simulation problems. We are searching for qualified engineers who can conduct complex problem analyses, develop executive options, and steer strategic decisions within production.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conduct operations engineering at a strategic level by optimizing resources, schedules, and risk under uncertainty across SpaceX.
Develop advanced tools to analyze delivery, capacity, costs vs benefits, supply chain, and operations to guide executive decisions in anticipation of change.
Leverage operational data to identify trends, propose leading indicators, and provide predictive information to steer executive decisions.
Work as part of inter-disciplinary and cross-functional teams to develop and manage production strategy, mitigate future production risks, and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost.
Lead development of process flow models to analyze system behavior and synchronize output across all elements of the company.
Identify operational challenges within the organization, lead problem formulation, determine root cause, and develop creative and effective solutions.
Develop key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand, ensuring measured parameters correlate with overall company objectives.
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.
Provide mentorship and guide development of other engineers, providing them with opportunities to grow in their field.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
4+ years of practical experience in analysis and modeling of systems, including but not limited to use of Excel, SQL and/or Python/R.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Experience or education in management science and engineering, operations engineering, operations research, or industrial engineering.
Ability to work in fast-paced, high stress environments.
Excellent written and executive communication skills.
Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization.
Experience with CAD software; inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems); PowerBI; and discrete event modeling tools.
Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment, including experience in aerospace production.
Experience with Lean, six sigma, and related production principles.
Experience leading multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams working on strategic problems.
Ability to work autonomously and prioritize work.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
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 notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000.
