Production Engineer (Starship Electronics) at SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA

Summary: SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The Production Engineer (Starship Electronics) will support the production of all electrical systems for the Starship spacecraft and SuperHeavy booster, focusing on improving processes and developing production assets. Responsibilities: - Develop, standardize, and continuously improve process chains required to deliver Starship electronics components - Design and deliver new factory stations and production assets, aimed at expanding capability, reducing cycle time, and improving yield - Design and deliver mechanical tooling required to build, test, and deliver avionics hardware. Tooling to include both custom mechanical tools (e.g. fixturing) as well as capital automation equipment - Develop design-for-manufacturing (DFM) guidelines and maintain a collaborative relationship with design engineering to co-design the product and factory - Act as an expert on low-cost, high-reliability manufacturing techniques for aerospace electro-mechanical components - Guide high-level vehicle architecture and requirements trade studies to reduce vehicle cost and ease of production - Analyze root cause and provide corrective actions for process escapes or process variability, including mechanical processes on the final assembly (e.g. fastener torque) and electrical processes on printed circuit boards (e.g. soldering) Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, or industrial engineering - 1+ years of manufacturing engineering experience via project team, research, internship, and/or professional experience - Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project milestones - Occasional travel may be required to Starbase, Texas and/or off-site vendor locations - 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 Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines - Experience working both autonomously and as a team in a highly demanding environment - Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to engineering, team members, internal customers and management - Proficient in mechanical design tools and analysis, including but not limited to mechanical CAD, FEA, GD&T/drawing creation, and tolerance stack analysis - Experience with PCB fabrication or PCBA assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements - Experience with electro-mechanical assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements - Experience designing production systems for controllers, sensors, cameras, optics, or long-range RF communications, as demonstrated by successful fielding of multiple products - Experience with process failure modes and effects analysis (PFMEA), with demonstrated corrective actions to reduce process risk and increase process control - Experience introducing capital equipment / automating processes, including process control and preventative maintenance plans - Experience working in a high-volume or high-reliability manufacturing environment - Experience reducing processing cost through cycle time, labor time, reliability / yield, or other forms of value stream evaluation - Proficiency in pulling and manipulating data via one or more programming languages (eg. SQL, python) Required Skills: Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical CAD, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Geometric Dimensioning, Tolerancing (GD&T), Tolerance Stack Analysis, PCB Fabrication, PCBA Assembly Processes, Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM), Electro-Mechanical Assembly Processes, Process Failure Modes, Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Capital Equipment Automation, Process Control, Preventative Maintenance, Data Manipulation, SQL, Python, Information Sharing, Influencing Others, Autonomy Benefits: Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, Potential discretionary bonuses, The ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, Access to a 401(k) retirement plan, Short and long-term disability insurance, Life insurance, Paid parental leave, Various other discounts and perks, 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law