Avionics Manufacturing Engineer

About This Role

This role involves owning the full manufacturing process of avionics hardware, from PCBA and sensors to electromechanical assembly and environmental testing. The engineer will drive design for manufacturability, act as the primary contact for flight hardware engineering decisions, and champion continuous improvement for products, processes, and equipment. The Avionics Manufacturing Engineering team is highly interdisciplinary and responsible for building advanced launch vehicles and spacecraft.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between avionics engineering, supply chain, production, etc. to ensure rate objectives are met through manufacturing and test
• Implement, simplify, and automate high reliability manufacturing processes so that production teams can operate independently of engineering
• Work with peer engineering and support teams to drive design updates in response to manufacturing issues, part obsolescence, and system requirement changes
• Select and qualify new equipment for electronics manufacturing and drive continuous improvement on existing assets
• Design, develop, validate, and implement tooling to ensure manufacturing repeatability and efficiency
• Contribute to design reviews acting as an expert in design for manufacturability, design for testability, yield improvements, supplier capabilities assessments, quality control, etc.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for production non-conforming product, troubleshooting, root cause, failure investigations and corrective actions
• Prepare engineering documentation necessary for the transition from development to production including assembly procedures, test procedures, standard operating procedures, schematic diagrams, bills of materials, suitable alternate parts lists and mechanical drawings
• Develop training requirements for production personnel
• Work creatively and innovate to support SpaceX's goals by always being prepared to challenge the status quo

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, and/or production of mechanical or electrical hardware systems

Nice to have:

• 3+ years of professional experience in design and/or production of mechanical or electronics hardware systems
• Experience implementing design for manufacture and design for test for electronics hardware
• Experience selecting, qualifying, and automated equipment
• Experience modeling with 3D CAD software, GD&T, and completing technical drawing reviews
• Experience with rapid prototyping and 3D printing
• Basic understanding of machining principals, equipment, and tooling
• Basic competency with SQL databases
• Ability to create and deliver presentations for design and manufacturing readiness reviews
• Hands-on engineer with a passion for manufacturing
• Capable of solving complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Benefits

• Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Accrued paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law

Important Details

• Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones

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

About the Company

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.