Operations Engineer, Spaceport Facilities - SpaceX

OPERATIONS ENGINEER, SPACEPORT FACILITIES

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proactively identify operational challenges/inefficiencies within the Starbase Facilities organization, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions
• Partner with key stakeholders across SpaceX to solve facilities related challenges
• Provide updates to cross-functional groups and recommend strategic solutions for the broader business
• Address top priorities of the Spaceport Operations function by monitoring and actioning impactful requests and by driving success on strategic projects
• Partner with software development resources
• Overseeing contract services across the site
• Review/manage/execute large contracts

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline 
• 2+ years of experience working in engineering, operations, manufacturing or facilities management

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience driving cross-functional product/tool/process improvement efforts
• Experience in an operations engineering and/or process development role internal to SpaceX
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-stress environments
• Master’s degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience leading cross-functional groups
• Experience with Lean principles and structured problem-solving/project-management methodologies
• Experience building reporting tools using SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, or similar
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with and influence stakeholders in higher-level leadership

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed