Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (Starship Components Operations)
Core
Design and own factory and production area layouts, conduct job walks with vendors, and execute complex projects to enable manufacturing, machining, and testing of flow control devices and mechanisms for Starship/Super Heavy.
Role type
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (Factory Design & Operations)
Builds
Factory design, material flow, and production lines for flow control devices and mechanisms
Domain
Aerospace manufacturing / Industrial operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
mechanical design, hands-on manufacturing, process engineering, project management, capacity modeling, process mapping, layout design, inventory planning, production planning, MRP/ERP systems, industrial facilities management, data analysis (Excel/SQL/Python/R), lean manufacturing, six sigma
Preferred skills
industrial engineering, operations engineering, process engineering, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
MRP/ERP systems, Excel, SQL, Python, R
Responsibilities
Design and own factory and production area layouts following visual indicators and linear flow; Conduct job walks with vendors, negotiate prices, and hold vendors to schedule; Host process walks of production lines to identify simplifications; Execute complex projects in minimum time and expense; Get hands-on and lead by example to complete projects rapidly; Actively develop system and process improvements between production teams; Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems for production
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC