SpaceX
Operations Engineer, Supply Chain (Starlink)
About this role
SpaceX seeks an Operations Engineer for the Starlink supply chain team to optimize materials management and satellite production processes. You'll lead improvement initiatives, manage equipment and infrastructure upgrades, and collaborate across development, supply chain, and production teams to enhance efficiency and reliability.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute capital equipment, infrastructure, and facility layout upgrades for materials management operations
- Manage material flow and logistics projects with tight deadlines while coordinating with multiple stakeholders
- Drive process improvements to boost inventory performance, on-time delivery, and reduce waste
- Analyze material flow challenges, identify root causes, and implement solutions
- Develop and continuously improve key performance indicators and operational metrics
- Extract and transform data to communicate status and build business cases for improvement initiatives
What they're looking for
- Supply chain and logistics optimization
- Data analysis and visualization (Power BI, Grafana, Python/R)
- CAD software and SQL
- Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
- MRP/ERP systems and inventory planning
- Statistical analysis and cost-benefit evaluation
- Process improvement and root cause analysis
- Stakeholder communication and presentations
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match eligibility
- 3 weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays annually
- Stock purchase plan and potential long-term incentives
- Short and long-term disability and life insurance
- Paid parental leave and company shuttle service from Seattle
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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.
- Website
- spacex.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe a supply chain or manufacturing process improvement project you led and the measurable impact it achieved.
- How would you approach identifying bottlenecks in our satellite material flow and what tools would you use to analyze them?