Manufacturing Engineer – Machining – Starship

Manufacturing Engineer – Machining – Starship

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of machine shop experience

Responsibilities

• Develop machining capability in-house for the SpaceX Starship components team and deliver high-quality precision piece parts to factory assembly areas
• Analyze piece parts and assemblies for DFM to ensure that the parts are optimized for manufacturing, assembly and testing
• Maintain a close feedback loop with downstream operations to ensure product success and implement rapid iterations
• Review quality concerns from piece part inspection and sign off on out of tolerance conditions following a rigorous investigation into the parts use case, assembly and testing
• Identify, recommend, procure, and install machine shop equipment as well as ensure all equipment is thoroughly maintained and calibrated
• Responsible for cost optimization and cost reduction initiatives associated with fabrication and processes
• Develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing and fabrication methodologies and techniques
• Recommend and implement improvements and/or modifications in sequence of operations and equipment utilization
• Collaborate with other SpaceX machine shop facilities to share capabilities and develop resources to address capacity and scheduling issues as necessary

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Experience setting up and operating state-of-the art machining equipment
• Well versed in standard machine shop manufacturing processes and set ups
• Experience operating CNCs, conventional lathe and mill machines, and other machine shop equipment used to manufacture high-precision parts
• Demonstrated proficiency in CNC programming (lathes and mills)
• Well versed in GD&T and inspection procedures
• Highly experienced with a variety of precision conventional and advance metrology systems (photogrammetry, CMMs, 3D imaging)