Full-Time
Manufacturing Engineer
Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
$1 - $130,000
Junior, Mid
West Athens, CA, USA
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of professional or internship experience in a manufacturing environment
- Master's degree in materials, mechanical, aerospace, or manufacturing engineering
- 2+ years of experience in the production of investment castings
- Knowledge of metallic manufacturing techniques, processes, equipment and other processes such as: machining, welding, and brazing
- Experience with the development of products from R&D into production
- Process engineering experience including root cause analysis and corrective action management, capacity modeling, process mapping, and line layouts
- Strong engineering fundamentals in materials science and metallurgy
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) experience
- FEA software experience
- Software development experience in SQL, Python or C#
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
- Own parts and processes in the Raptor foundry operation
- Work closely with shop floor team on production process improvement projects to increase throughput, improve quality, and reduce cost
- Lead routine process walks and root cause investigations to identify and quickly resolve production issues
- Utilize design for manufacturability (DFM) principles and work closely with design engineers to reduce cost on new and existing investment cast parts
- Apply first principles and utilize simulation software to develop and iterate gating designs for investment cast parts
- Manage the development and control of foundry equipment. Including large-format 3D printers, robotic shelling systems, vacuum induction melting furnaces, and other heavy machinery
- Develop and maintain systems to efficiently collect and analyze process data while minimizing collection/entry burden
- Identify and implement safety improvements throughout the foundry
- Develop and create standard procedures for novel processing techniques to minimize manufacturing steps and overall work content
- Work within an extremely fast paced environment and adapt to evolving design and production challenges
- Demonstrate extreme ownership over foundry success: from initial development of new parts to full-rate production
- CAD experience (NX & Teamcenter is a plus)
SpaceX, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has consistently demonstrated its technical prowess and industry leadership by achieving milestones previously accomplished only by governments, such as returning a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and attaching a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The company's culture is driven by a clear and ambitious goal to make life multiplanetary, fostering an environment of high performance and continuous learning. With its advanced rocket and spacecraft designs, SpaceX has a competitive edge in the space transportation industry, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA and working towards the future of space exploration.
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$9.2B
Headquarters
Hawthorne, California
Founded
2002
6 month growth
↑ 9%1 year growth
↑ 30%2 year growth
↑ 29%Benefits
Benefits and Perks - Our employees’ well-being is important to us and essential to our capacity to do extraordinary things. We offer a wide variety of programs to support the health, wellness, and financial security of our employees and their families.