Manufacturing Engineer

4 weeks ago


Hawthorne, California, United States SpaceX Full time

At SpaceX, we are pushing the boundaries of space technology to make humanity a multi-planetary species. As a Manufacturing Engineer - Dragon Structural Assembly, you will play a critical role in designing, producing, and testing launch vehicle assemblies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate design, production, integration, and test teams to define, improve, and deliver fabrication, assembly, and test sequences of launch vehicle assemblies.
  • Implement new designs and changes to flight hardware, rapidly developing and qualifying new processes to take products from prototype to high-volume production.
  • Resolve manufacturing discrepancies and interface with the quality team to implement efficient corrective actions.
  • Design for manufacturing during design development and improvement cycles.
  • Identify and eliminate process waste, streamline the production process, and enable continuous improvement.
  • Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, and layout upgrades to meet volume production demand.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, manufacturing, or physics.
  • 2+ years of collegiate extracurricular engineering project experience or 2+ years of industry product design/development experience.
  • Preferred skills and experience include 1 year of experience in a manufacturing realm with the design and manufacturing of mechanical assemblies, mechanical component and/or tooling design and analysis, expertise in design for manufacturability and design for assembly, and knowledge of metallic manufacturing techniques, processes, and equipment related to machining, welding, drilling, and automation.

Additional Requirements:

  • Position may require extended work hours and weekend work.
  • Position will require working directly with hardware on a production floor and will require stooping, bending, and standing.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. We are an ITAR-compliant company and require all employees to be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.



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