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 of enabling human life on Mars.

TECHNICAL PROJECT LEAD – EEE PARTS RELIABILITY ENGINEERING

The EEE Parts Technical Project Lead plays a critical role in supporting the design engineer community towards higher reliability systems. This position ensures SpaceX can continue to use commercial electronics from a wide range of manufacturers. This person will be responsible for driving the creation of new software tools, automated systems, and efficient processes to support the dynamic needs of EEE part reliability evaluations. This work impacts all stages of design and production of the Dragon, Falcon, and Mars vehicles. This person must interface with and understand the workflows of supply chain, design engineers, and production.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop business intelligence tools to drive Avionics EEE piece part reliability evaluations, issues, and risks towards closure
• Monitor and track manufacturing bill of materials and impacts to EEE piece part approval processes
• Drive design engineering unique part countdown
• Develop and innovate new processes towards efficiency and automation
• Interface with supply chain, design engineers, production, and external test labs and part manufacturers
• Manage data and innovate databases, business intelligence tools, and Agile systems
• Support the EEE parts reliability and radiation engineering teams

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 2+ years of SQL and database administration experience

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Expert level skill with Microsoft Excel
• History of leading small teams in technical business solution
• 2+ years of experience with Tableau or similar business intelligence suite
• 1+ years of recent experience with the Atlassian tool JIRA
• 2+ years of experience with electronic bill of materials management
• 2+ years of experience working with outside vendors and managing sub-contractor priorities and schedule
• Intermediate skill level with Python coding
• Understanding of hardware development lifecycle
• Understanding and experience navigating MRP systems
• Strong experience with driving planning, schedules, resources trade-offs and task tracking
• Basic understanding of manufacturing systems for electronic components
• Experience in any of the following areas is a plus: electrical designs (component, circuits, PCBA’s, or electronic assemblies), system architecture, supply chain, purchasing, production and manufacturing
• Ability to describe and persuasively present business processes and SpaceX history to part suppliers
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently as well as lead others.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• 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.

 

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