
Business Operations Manager, Supply Chain Resilience (Starlink)
SpaceX · Bastrop, TX
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 14 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at SpaceX (aerospace & defense) in Bastrop, TX. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $107k–$153k.
Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 85 production engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
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- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $106k–$145k, from 15 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 44%
- ✓ Lean 36%
- Root cause 29%
- New product launch 22%
- Six Sigma 22%
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Responsibilities
- ◆Own Starlink Supply Chain Resiliency and architect the end-to-end strtegy to secure global and domestic supply chain corridors and production continuity under extreme regional disruption and natural disaster scenarios
- ◆Rally the entire program around supply chain resilience as a primary KPI alongside growth, cash, and performance
- ◆Decouple from high-sensitivity regions by quantifying the rest-of-world frontier to secure technical and cost parity across emerging and domestic markets
- ◆Engineer the executive contingency playbook to safeguard operations during supply and geopolitical emergencies
- ◆Build first-principles models to identify critical-path choke points and quantify time-to-survive (TTS) and time-to-recover (TTR) metrics for every major assembly
- ◆Partner with hardware and manufacturing engineering to support aggressive design-out strategies that eliminate single-source dependencies and expand the global vendor landscape
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, data science, physics, or other quantitative field
- ✓4+ years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, product management, operations, FP&A, consulting, banking, or entrepreneurship
- ✓4+ years of experience in Excel or programming
Preferred skills and experience
- ✓Evidence of exceptional ability, especially within an ambiguous environment
- ✓Quantitative dual degree in engineering field and economics or business field and/or equivalent professional experience
- ✓Demonstrated success driving tangible impact/influencing within a broader organization
- ✓Extreme sense of urgency and ownership; bias toward action and automation
- ✓Ability to read and interpret income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
- ✓Strong proficiency in SQL and Python; ability to handle large datasets independently
- ✓Excellent analytical modeling skills (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
- ✓Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly with senior business leaders
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 .
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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.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com .
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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.
Business operations manager, supply chain resilience (starlink)
One of the most ambitious missions that SpaceX has undertaken to date, Starlink is leveraging our experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy the world's most advanced broadband internet system and largest satellite constellation to provide fast, reliable internet to millions of users worldwide, connect humanity, and fund Mars colonization.
Starlink Business Operations combines traditional planning and analysis with broader business decision-making and strategy, directly supporting SpaceX’s leadership. Business Operations is embedded in daily operations, supporting both near-term execution and long-term planning. Team members are expected to analyze data and provide recommendations and to lead cross-functional decision-making and implementation of the recommendations. Starlink Business Operations is lean and dynamic, operating with a fluid structure that favors high agency. We expect high performers to expand their scope across the program’s most critical bottlenecks.
Additional requirments
- •Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- •Willingness to travel to customer sites, other SpaceX locations, and events as needed
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