Manager, Operations Engineering

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 ofenabling human life on Mars.

OPERATIONS ENGINEERING MANAGER

This leader will be responsible for optimizing operations conducting strategic planning aligning resources to priorities and assessing progress toward targets for our critical facilities in Hawthorne CA. They will lead a team of highly skilled engineers schedulers and data analysts who proactively identify and address operational challenges implement industrial engineering practices derive actionable information from data and synchronize work priorities across our campus. Scope includes managing internal department priorities and resources and synchronizing efforts with cross functional partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage a team of operations engineers industrial engineers and data analysts to focus them on the companys most critical problems. Manage their development and career progression to become SpaceX people-leaders.
• Align people processes products parts and physical plants to meet ambitious safety quality output and efficiency targets.
• Conduct operations engineering at a strategic level by optimizing resources schedules and risk under uncertainty across SpaceX production and launch.
• Analyze complex problems involving multiple stakeholders driving toward optimal solutions in an uncertain and ambiguous future landscape.
• Manage the development of advanced tools to analyze delivery capacity costs vs benefits supply chain and operations to guide executive decisions in anticipation of change.
• Leverage operational data to identify trends propose leading indicators and provide predictive information to steer executive decisions.
• Lead inter-disciplinary and cross-functional teams to develop and manage production strategy mitigate future risks and seize emerging opportunities.
• Identify operational challenges within the organization lead problem formulation determine root cause and implement creative and effective solutions.
• Develop key performance measures and identify decision points and actions to optimize production to meet demand ensuring measured parameters correlate with overall company objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-departmental partners in supply chain engineering operations and finance groups to synchronize efforts.
• Capture best practices of production systems and manage organizational knowledge and lessons-learned.
• Manage production workforce development efforts to ensure technicians and engineers are trained qualified and incentivized to perform their assigned roles.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline.
• 4 years of experience in one or more of the following:
  • Engineering
  • Production operations
  • Supply chain management
  • Military operations
• 1 years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience or education in management science and engineering operations engineering operations research or industrial engineering.
• Experience with data-based decision making modeling of complex systems and framing executive decisions supported by engineering analysis.
• Ability to work in fast-paced high stress environments.
• Excellent written and executive communication skills.
• Proficiency with statistics data analysis cost/benefit analysis and visualization.
• Experience with data visualization tools discrete event modeling tools data queries and analysis.
• Experience leading in a developmental manufacturing environment in aerospace production or in a dynamic multi-dimensional industry.
• Ability to work autonomously prioritize work and make resource allocation recommendations that involve risk and uncertainty.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed including occasional short-notice domestic travel.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay range:

Operations Engineering/Manager: $150000.00 - $190000.00/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. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual carryover and use requirements of the law.

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.

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