BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or industrial engineering
- 1+ years of manufacturing engineering experience via project team, research, internship, and/or professional experience
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines
- Experience working both autonomously and as a team in a highly demanding environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to engineering, team members, internal customers and management
- Proficient in mechanical design tools and analysis, including but not limited to mechanical CAD, FEA, GD&T/drawing creation, and tolerance stack analysis
- Experience with PCB fabrication or PCBA assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements
- Experience with electro-mechanical assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements
- Experience designing production systems for controllers, sensors, cameras, optics, or long-range RF communications, as demonstrated by successful fielding of multiple products
- Experience with process failure modes and effects analysis (PFMEA), with demonstrated corrective actions to reduce process risk and increase process control
- Experience introducing capital equipment / automating processes, including process control and preventative maintenance plans
- Experience working in a high-volume or high-reliability manufacturing environment
- Experience reducing processing cost through cycle time, labor time, reliability / yield, or other forms of value stream evaluation
- Proficiency in pulling and manipulating data via one or more programming languages (eg. SQL, python)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project milestones
- Occasional travel may be required to Starbase, Texas and/or off-site vendor locations
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range:
Production Engineer/Level I: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00/per year
Production Engineer/Level II: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00/per year
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.
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. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000.