The opportunity
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Develop manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and: checkouts processes from the ground up, then enforce consistency across different work centers.
Identify current reliability gaps in the manufacturing/design process, ideate: on solutions and implement to continue to improve reliability without slowing down build rate
Responsible partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams through: product development and production to create quality plans for flight hardware, including identification of key characteristics, prototype testing for functionality and manufacturability, first article and detailed inspection planning, and consideration of past failures and lessons learned
Monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp-up: using a suite of quality and analysis tools
Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is: achieved and well-communicated; identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal of complexity in designs and processes to improve manufacturability, collaborating with integrated product teams to drive improvements and address high-impact and repeating non-conformances
Investigate failures in production, test and flight, identifying and: mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes
What they're looking for
- Design and implement tooling for work access, mechanical/avionics/propulsion: testing, build fixturing, lifting & rigging, and fluids.
- Define and document inspection requirements and procedures.
- Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to: quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors and engineers to assist in quarantining and rework activities across multiple sites
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials: engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or another STEM related field
