SpaceX · 3 hours ago
Operations Engineering Manager (Production)
Hawthorne, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $190K/yr
4+ years expSpaceX 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. This role involves optimizing operations, conducting strategic planning, and leading a team to address operational challenges and ensure production aligns with the company's goals.
Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Manage a team of operations engineers, industrial engineers, and data analysts to focus them on the company’s most critical problems. Manage their development and career progression to become SpaceX people-leaders
Align people, processes, products, parts, and physical plants to meet ambitious safety, quality, output, and efficiency targets
Conduct operations engineering at a strategic level by optimizing resources, schedules, and risk under uncertainty across SpaceX production and launch
Analyze complex problems involving multiple stakeholders, driving toward optimal solutions in an uncertain and ambiguous future landscape
Manage the development of 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
Lead inter-disciplinary and cross-functional teams to develop and manage production strategy, mitigate future risks, and seize emerging opportunities
Identify operational challenges within the organization, lead problem formulation, determine root cause, and implement 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 finance groups to synchronize efforts
Capture best practices of production systems and manage organizational knowledge and lessons-learned
Manage production workforce development efforts to ensure technicians and engineers are trained, qualified, and incentivized to perform their assigned roles
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
4+ years of experience in one or more of the following: Engineering, Production operations, Supply chain management, Military operations
1+ years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports
Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed, including occasional short-notice domestic travel
Ability to pass Air Force background checks for Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg
Preferred
Experience or education in management science and engineering, operations engineering, operations research, or industrial engineering
Experience with data-based decision making, modeling of complex systems, and framing executive decisions supported by engineering analysis
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 data visualization tools, discrete event modeling tools, data queries and analysis
Experience leading in a developmental manufacturing environment, in aerospace production, or in a dynamic multi-dimensional industry
Ability to work autonomously, prioritize work, and make resource allocation recommendations that involve risk and uncertainty
Benefits
Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
Potential discretionary bonuses
Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
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
Company
SpaceX
SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.78BKey Investors
Korea Investment PartnersIntesa SanpaoloAndreessen Horowitz
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Leadership Team
Bret Johnsen
CFO
Charles Kuehmann
VP Materials Engineering
Recent News
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