Master Scheduler
Starshield
Posted on 3/15/2023
INACTIVE
SpaceX

10,001+ employees

Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
Company Overview
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.
Aerospace
Hardware

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$9.2B

Founded

2002

Headquarters

Hawthorne, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

33%
Locations
West Athens, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Communications
Public Speaking
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering or business discipline or 5+ years of work experience in the aerospace or defense industry
  • 3+ years of experience with project planning and integrated master scheduling
  • Experience working on a cross-functional team
  • Experience integrating schedules from third party contractors
  • Highly skilled at taking in large quantities of information and presenting it in a clear and concise manner, both verbally and in writing
  • Able to work and communicate well with others in a team environment
  • Able to be diplomatically persuasive or assertive when necessary
  • Strong organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills including public speaking
  • Experience with medium to large sized project (4000-8000+ lines)
  • Experience with summary schedule reporting tools such as Microsoft Timeline or equivalent
  • Experience with Microsoft Project and/or Smartsheet
  • Coursework or training in Critical Path Analysis methodology
  • Experience performing schedule risk analysis techniques
  • Experience analyzing schedules using Industry Standard Health Metrics
  • Understanding of the engineering lifecycle
  • Ability to work with limited supervision to develop and manage many levels of program plans and schedules simultaneously
  • Active Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance preferred. Must be willing to pursue a clearance if not already cleared. Note that an active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions. If so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing
  • Must be willing to travel (approximately 10%) to other SpaceX locations, as necessary
  • Must be willing to work long hours and occasional weekends when necessary to support proposal or critical project timelines
  • 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
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the master scheduler for new programs
  • Coordinate, maintain, communicate, and present critical path schedules and narratives to both internal and external stakeholders
  • Work with SpaceX managers, supervisors and leads to ensure that program schedules reflect reality and that projects and key deliverables will be completed on time
  • Facilitate and drive weekly schedule reviews with responsible engineers, ensuring up to date and accurate plans
  • Quickly understand existing and future projects, assemblies, sequences, and constraints in order to actively de-conflict issues with several teams across multiple sites
  • Devise, maintain, and improve scheduling tools and processes that identify, analyze, and brief potential constraints on a monthly, weekly and daily basis
  • Learn our engineering, production, and launch site operations with sufficient depth such that you are able to critically evaluate them and offer process improvements
  • Maintain and perform schedule risk analysis to identify program criticality and uncertainty