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Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Tool & Die Machining (Starlink)

SpaceX· Materials Engineering - Starlink Mfg - BA
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior manufacturing engineer responsible for development and qualification of tooling, molds, and manufacturing processes (injection molding and high-pressure die casting) for Starlink hardware, with emphasis on leading technical projects, supplier collaboration, and cross-functional development from design to production.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a project focused on the development of technologies relating to plastic injection molding and high pressure die casting tooling manufacturing processes for Starlink hardware
  • Act as a technical decision maker and advisor to the team on manufacturing techniques responsible for implementing internal tool and die manufacturing
  • Create collaborative business plans with design engineering, upstream production, and support teams and develop and maintain positive supplier/customer relationships
  • Manage strategy for CapX, staffing, equipment specification, production layouts, training, and build process and ensure all are updated according to the latest design configuration
  • Continually develop and manage engineering capacity, schedules, and project plans to support production manifest as well as a diverse and variable R&D demand
  • Lead and refine the design for the manufacturing process by collaborating with supply management, product design, industrial design, and manufacturing engineering groups on material selection, design feasibility and aesthetics of new part & tooling designs
  • Research and identify new materials, manufacturing technologies, and finishing options
  • Inform estimations of prototype and production manufacturing costs - tooling, secondary assembly, secondary finishing, and piece part
  • Publish and maintain detailed schedules for each development project segment

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, materials engineering, or other engineering discipline
  • 6+ years of professional experience with high precision machining

Skills

Required:3D CAD
Nice to have:Siemens NXProduct to manufacturing transition
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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