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Manufacturing Engineer, Solar (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Satellite Production
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Redmond, WA$100k - $135kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Manufacturing engineer role focused on electro-mechanical assembly, process development, and production scaling for Starlink solar products, collaborating with design teams to ensure manufacturability, quality, and high-volume performance.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement electro-mechanical assembly and test processes
  • Collaborate with the mechanical design team to incorporate design for manufacturability
  • Lead prototype builds ensuring incremental milestones for the production development are met
  • Ensure manufacturing systems are capable of hitting high volume rate, cost and quality targets
  • Lead facilities development, floor layout, headcount requirements and material flow definition
  • Identify tooling and hardware requirements, design and implement into production processes
  • Identify automation opportunities and establish requirements as well as evaluating return on investment for each
  • Work with in-house resources or vendors as necessary to develop these solutions and implement on production line

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment via professional work experience, project/research-based student experience, or a combination of both

Skills

Required:Design for Manufacturability (DFM)Prototype development
Nice to have:Automation assessmentTooling design for high-volume manufacturingDOE, gage R&R and process qualificationsProduction data requirements and SPCNX and Teamcenter

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses and 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
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick time in compliance with state law
  • Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the Redmond office
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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