Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Machining (Starship)
$130,000–$180,000 year
On-site · Hawthorne, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead the development and expansion of in-house machining capabilities for SpaceX Starship components, ensuring high-precision, mission-critical parts for factory assembly; perform advanced DFM analyses to optimize designs for manufacturability, assembly, and testing; collaborate with downstream operations to enable rapid iterative improvements and mitigate risks; oversee investigation and disposition of quality issues from inspections through root-cause analysis; coordinate procurement, installation, and maintenance of machine shop equipment; direct CapEx planning, staffing models, equipment specs, production layouts, and advanced machining processes; drive cost optimization across fabrication and manufacturing while maintaining quality and safety; promote advanced manufacturing methodologies, automation, and shared ITAR-compliant processes; collaborate with SpaceX facilities and external partners to align capabilities and improve scheduling and scalability.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or physics
- 5+ years of machining experience
- Experience with taking products from R&D into production
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