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Operations Engineer (Material Flow)

SpaceX· Starship Vehicle Supply Chain
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $130kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Engineering role focused on designing, optimizing, and managing material flow for SpaceX Starship programs, including receiving, storage, movement, and presentation of materials; emphasizes lean principles, data analytics, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Process Design and Optimization: Design and implement strategies for efficient material flow from receipt to the lineside and reverse logistics; use value stream mapping for end-to-end optimization.
  • Factory and Warehouse Layout Planning: Develop conceptual and detailed layouts for material flow and storage to achieve targeted inventory levels; build and use space capacity models.
  • Develop Materials Management Resource Plans: Develop labor and equipment models using lean principles; conduct time studies; optimize material handling equipment.
  • Part Packaging and Rack Flow: Develop packaging solutions optimizing total landed cost; coordinate with external vendors and internal teams to ensure timely packaging fleets.
  • Data Analysis and Reporting: Use Excel, Tableau, SQL to assess material flow performance and support data-driven decision making.
  • Safety and Training: Conduct risk assessments, audits, and develop training for new processes and equipment to ensure safety standards.
  • Project Collaboration: Collaborate with Engineering, Production, and Supply Chain on cross-functional projects and align stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment (internship and school projects qualify)

Skills

Required:Lean material flowValue stream mappingData analysis (Excel, Tableau, SQL)
Nice to have:Layout design (AutoCAD or similar)Material handling equipment knowledgeSupply Chain planning and warehousing requirements

Benefits

  • Company stock or long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • 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
  • vacation (3 weeks) and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • paid sick leave per company policy
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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