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Operations Engineer (Production)

SpaceX· Industrial Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $140kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Operations engineer role supporting Falcon and Dragon production through strategic planning, optimization of production processes, and cross-functional leadership to improve quality, output, safety, and cost in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, cost problems for production, supply chain, and operations to guide decisions
  • Work as part of a team to develop and manage production strategy to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost
  • Develop process flow models to analyze production system behavior and synchronize output with other elements of the company
  • Identify operational challenges within the organization, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions
  • Develop and track key performance measures, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand
  • Actively develop system and process improvements within and between production elements
  • Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain, engineering, operations, and accounting groups to synchronize efforts
  • Capture best practices of production systems, and manage organizational knowledge and lessons-learned

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems

Skills

Required:ExcelSQLPython/R

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • employee stock purchase plan and potential discretionary bonuses
Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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