Manufacturing Engineer (Starship Components Operations)

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Salary

$100K-$115K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

8% below the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Weekend work

Required From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Manufacturing Engineer (Starship Components Operations) Hawthorne, CA 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. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER (STARSHIP COMPONENTS OPERATIONS) The Starship Components Operations Build team owns the factory design and material flow to enable manufacturing, machining, and testing of flow control devices and mechanisms that drive critical capabilities on Starship/Super Heavy - from regulators and butterfly valves to flap/fin actuators. The Components Operations Engineering team builds the machine that makes the machine, in this case the factory that builds the components listed above. Factory build and expansion, process flow, machine moves, and project planning all fall under the scope of this team. Ops engineers have an eye for detail and simplicity and make that become reality on the factory floor. If you like strategic planning, juggling many different priorities, improving part flow, and spending most of your time away from your desk, a role on the operations engineering team may be for you! RESPONSIBILITIES: - Design and own factory and production area layouts following the rules of clear visual indicators and linear flow - Conduct job walks with vendors, negotiate prices and hold vendors to schedule - Host process walks of production lines, and ask questions to determine what process steps can be deleted or simplified and help kick off

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