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Automation Build Engineer, Development (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Engineering Bastrop - Dev Ops
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Build engineering role focused on leading large-scale projects, optimizing fabrication and integration processes, and coordinating cross-functional teams to meet Starlink program milestones.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary liaison between automation, supply chain, production, and development operations to ensure factory infrastructure is built and deployed to meet program milestones
  • Ideate and implement new manufacturing processes and workflows within the development operations team to increase shop throughput, efficiency and personnel safety
  • Manage the build, configuration and instillation of all modular automation assets within the team’s catalog from raw material purchase to complete cell build and handoff to automation/production
  • Work with peer engineering and support teams to drive design updates in response to manufacturing issues, part obsolescence, and system requirement changes
  • Prepare engineering documentation necessary for the transition from development to production including assembly procedures, integration instruction and manufacturing bills of materials
  • Work with supplier and internal vendors to fabricate piece parts and sub-assemblies at rate to meet production needs or supplement internal capacity
  • Contribute to design reviews acting as an expert in design for manufacturability, design for reliability, design for maintenance, supplier capabilities assessments, quality control, etc.
  • Spearhead cost reduction efforts and implement initiatives to meet and exceed departmental objectives while not compromising on quality
  • Design, develop, validate, and implement tooling to ensure repeatability and efficiency
  • Primary point of contact for non-conforming product (cells, panels & tooling), troubleshooting, root cause, failure investigations and corrective actions
  • Develop training requirements for built technician personnel and work to elevate overall team capability and productivity
  • Work creatively and innovate to support SpaceX's goals by always being prepared to challenge the status quo

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 2+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, and/or production of mechanical or electrical hardware systems (internship and collegiate extracurricular engineering project experience qualifies)

Skills

Required:Communication
Nice to have:Design for manufacturability (DFM)Design for reliability (DFR)Design for maintenance3D CAD modelingDFMEA/PFMEAStatistical Process Control (SPC)SQL databasesTooling design
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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