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Operations Engineer (Starshield)

SpaceX· Starshield Production
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $130kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Operations engineering role supporting Starshield through strategic planning, optimization of production processes, and alignment of resources to tasks. Lead cross-functional teams to optimize and track toward national defense milestones using operations engineering, operations research, industrial engineering, and data science.

Responsibilities

  • Develop tools to analyze delivery, capacity, production processes, supply chain, and operations to guide decisions
  • Work as part of a team to develop and manage strategy to mitigate future launch 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 Starshield program
  • 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 functional areas
  • Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain, engineering, and accounting groups to synchronize efforts
  • Capture best practices of production systems, and manage organizational knowledge and lessons-learned
  • Build models and equipment layouts to aid in strategic space planning for the Starshield program

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

Nice to have:Statistics and data analysisCAD softwarePower BIDiscrete event modeling toolsInventory and capacity planning (MRP/ERP)Industrial/Process/Manufacturing engineeringLean and six sigmaManagement science / operations researchCross-functional collaborationCommunication

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
  • various other discounts and perks
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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