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
Lead a project focused on the development of technologies relating to plastic: injection molding and high pressure die casting tooling manufacturing processes for Starlink hardware
Act as a technical decision maker and advisor to the team on manufacturing: techniques responsible for implementing internal tool and die manufacturing
Create collaborative business plans with design engineering, upstream: production, and support teams and develop and maintain positive supplier/customer relationships
Manage strategy for CapX, staffing, equipment specification, production: layouts, training, and build process and ensure all are updated according to the latest design configuration
Continually develop and manage engineering capacity, schedules, and project: plans to support production manifest as well as a diverse and variable R&D demand
Lead and refine the design for the manufacturing process by collaborating: with supply management, product design, industrial design, and manufacturing engineering groups on material selection, design feasibility and aesthetics of new part & tooling designs
What they're looking for
- Research and identify new materials, manufacturing technologies, and finishing options
- Inform estimations of prototype and production manufacturing costs: tooling, secondary assembly, secondary finishing, and piece part
- Publish and maintain detailed schedules for each development project segment
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, materials engineering, or other engineering discipline