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Automation Build Engineer, Development (Starlink)

Bastrop, TXmidAdded today

About this role

SpaceX seeks an Automation Build Engineer for their Starlink Development Operations team in Bastrop, TX. You'll lead manufacturing process optimization, manage automation asset builds, and coordinate cross-functional teams to scale fabrication and integration workflows while meeting aggressive program milestones.

What you'll do

  • Serve as liaison between automation, supply chain, production, and development operations to deploy factory infrastructure aligned with program schedules
  • Design, build, and deploy modular automation assets from procurement through installation and handoff to production teams
  • Develop and implement manufacturing processes and workflows that increase throughput, efficiency, and personnel safety
  • Create engineering documentation for design-to-production transitions including assembly procedures, BOMs, and integration instructions
  • Lead troubleshooting of non-conforming products and drive root cause analysis with corrective actions
  • Contribute to design reviews as a design-for-manufacturability expert and develop technician training programs

What they're looking for

  • Design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for reliability principles
  • 3D CAD modeling (NX, CATIA, Solidworks, or equivalent)
  • DFMEA and PFMEA methodology
  • Statistical Process Control (SPC) and process capability analysis
  • Tooling design in manufacturing environments
  • Cross-functional project coordination and communication
  • SQL databases
  • Electromechanical systems design and production
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SpaceX

SpaceX develops advanced spacecraft and satellite systems, including the Starshield government satellite constellation and Starfall re-entry cargo capsule for global delivery. The company is hiring engineers in avionics integration, software test automation, mechanical design, and hardware reliability to validate flight-critical systems and ensure mission success.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe your experience transitioning a product from design phase to full manufacturing production—what challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
  • Walk us through a time you identified a manufacturing inefficiency and implemented a process improvement; what was the impact?
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