SpaceX

Sr. Operations Engineer, Blades and Vanes Foundry

SpaceX • $100K — $130K *
Bastrop, TX 78602In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of professional experience in industrial, operations, or construction engineering
  • Process engineering experience, including project management and capacity modeling
  • Familiarity with MRP/ERP systems for inventory and production planning
  • Understanding of multiple engineering disciplines (HVAC, mechanical, civil, etc.)
  • Proficient in data analysis using Excel, SQL, or Python/R
  • Experience with lean and six sigma production principles

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage factory layouts with an emphasis on lean principles
  • Lead the full lifecycle of the foundry buildout, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery
  • Act as the primary construction project manager across various disciplines
  • Get hands-on to ensure quick project completions
  • Oversee project control tasks like scheduling, cost tracking, and reporting
  • Obtain necessary governmental permits and approvals
  • Resolve real-time design and construction conflicts with stakeholders
  • Coordinate seamlessly with teams for building operations and maintenance

Benefits

  • Hands-on experience in building cutting-edge manufacturing facilities
  • Opportunities to develop and implement lean manufacturing processes
  • Engagement in a pioneering aerospace environment focusing on rapid project execution
  • Potential for career growth in a high-impact role
  • Dynamic work environment with cross-functional teamwork opportunities
  • Exposure to various engineering disciplines and project management challenges
Full Job Description
SR. OPERATIONS ENGINEER, BLADES AND VANES FOUNDRY

SpaceX continues to revolutionize the launch industry by combining advanced technological developments with pragmatic and lean manufacturing. This is especially important for the future of rapid and high-volume Starship flight, where power generation is crucial. We are seeking a highly driven Senior Operations Engineer to serve as the extreme owner of the construction, buildout, and operational ramp-up of a new blades and vanes foundry. This role will own delivering complex projects rapidly, at minimum cost, while establishing lean, visually clear, and efficient production flows.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Design and own factory and production area layouts that follow lean principles, emphasizing clear visual indicators, linear flow, and operational efficiency.
  • Own the full lifecycle of the foundry buildout, ensuring on-time and under-budget delivery of complex projects with minimum time and expense to the business.
  • Act as the primary construction project manager and extreme owner for all multi-discipline aspects of the project, both in the field and office.
  • Get hands-on and lead by example to ensure projects are completed rapidly.
  • Perform project control tasks including detailed scheduling, cost tracking, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
  • Facilitate all required city, county, and governmental approvals and permits.
  • Interact daily with contractors, fabricators, engineers, and internal customers while resolving design and construction conflicts in the field in real-time.
  • Coordinate with end users, facilities teams, and operations stakeholders for seamless building operations, maintenance, and handover.
  • Develop tools and analytics to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems, providing clear data-driven guidance for decision making.
  • Proactively identify operational challenges, inefficiencies, and opportunities for process simplification, and help implement effective solutions.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in industrial, operations, or construction engineering.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Process engineering experience including project management, capacity modeling, process mapping, and layouts.
  • Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems).
  • Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment.
  • Understanding of multiple disciplines such as HVAC, gases, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, piping, geotechnical, and surveying.
  • 1+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.
  • Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles.
  • Ability to work well across teams and skill sets to find the simplest and best solution.
  • Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Physical effort with lifting and carrying materials or equipment (up to 25 lbs.).
  • Possible exposure to work in extreme outdoor environments - heat, cold, rain.
  • Must be available to work extended hours and weekends when needed based on site operational needs.
  • Occasional travel may be required to support projects at other sites (up to 25%).


ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

About SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon spacecraft. The company was founded with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has achieved several milestones in spaceflight, including the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first privately-funded company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit.
Learn more about SpaceX
Size
8,000 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
2002
* Ladders Estimates

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