Operations Engineer
SpaceX · Bastrop, TX
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level production role at SpaceX (aerospace & defense) in Bastrop, TX. Develop, standardize, and continuously improve key process indicators and other operations metrics.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Value stream mapping, Root cause, Minitab, Capacity planning
- Openings
- 3 with this title at this site
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $106k–$151k.
Median of the low and high ends of 21 live postings that list pay, out of 101 production engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 100 other live production postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 5+)
Typical $106k–$151k, from 20 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 46%
- ✓ Lean 36%
- ✓ Root cause 27%
- ✓ Six Sigma 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Value stream mapping, Minitab, Capacity planning, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: SpaceX in Bastrop
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Operations Engineer at SpaceX in other locations
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Full description from SpaceXAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, building/infrastructure, and layout upgrades specifically related to materials management to meet production and site demand
- ◆Manage material flow projects, and execute to tight timelines while effectively communicating with and influencing stakeholders
- ◆Drive improvements to increase inventory, on-time delivery, reliability, and reduce waste
- ◆Anticipate and identify challenges within the satellite material flow and logistics value stream, determine root-cause failures, and develop appropriate solutions
- ◆Develop, standardize, and continuously improve key process indicators and other operations metrics
- ◆Pull and transform data to understand and communicate current activities, and build a business case for improvement efforts
- ◆Anticipate and identify challenges within the material flow and logistics value stream, determine root-cause failures, and develop appropriate solutions
- ◆Train inventory and receiving specialists, logistics team members, and leaders on best-in-class operations practices by driving process improvement workshops, providing training and information briefs on key topics, and demonstrating solutions
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline
- ✓1+ years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and/or inventory management (including school projects, clubs, or internships)
Preferred skills and experience
- ✓Master's degree in engineering or supply chain
- ✓1+ year of experience with SQL, business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI, Grafana), analysis tools (Python/R, Minitab, Excel, etc.), CAD software, or discrete event modeling tools
- ✓Experience as an industrial, operations, quality, process, or manufacturing engineer in a manufacturing environment
- ✓Proficiency with statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and visualization
- ✓Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems)
- ✓Proficient in identifying system enhancement opportunities, understanding end-user requirements, and the ability to translate requirement needs into design
requirements
- ✓Experience with Lean, six sigma, and related production principles
- ✓Experience with data analytics
- ✓Strong communication skills and the ability to make presentations to engineering teams, internal customers, and leadership
Requirements
- ✓Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- ✓This position is based in Bastrop, TX and requires being onsite
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. Learn more about the ITAR here .
qualifications
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.
Operations engineer (starlink)
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