Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Mesh Optical (Starmind)

As the Lead Manufacturing Engineer of optical transceiver production at SpaceX, you will own manufacturing engineering strategy and production execution across the factory: scaling lines, deploying new automated production cells, driving yield and throughput, and building the team to sustain it. You will own the relationship between our process and production teams. You will provide input into the design and development of new and existing hardware and take a lead role in manufacturing on our current and next generation Starlink products and AI compute. 

• →Experience with micron-scale assembly, optical alignment, or die/chip-level packaging processes
• →Experience hiring, mentoring, and organizational development of engineering team 
• →Experience implementing or evolving MES and production data systems
• →Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to factory performance
• →Demonstrated ownership of yield and ramp performance in complex hardware manufacturing environments
• →Proven experience scaling automated production lines beyond pilot and NPI into sustained high-volume manufacturing
• →Background in semiconductor, photonic, advanced packaging, or precision electro-optical manufacturing
• →Experience scaling manufacturing operations in high-growth hardware companies, including standing up new lines or new factories
• →Experience with factory automation architectures, including integration of robotic handling, machine vision, and in-line metrology
• →Familiarity with statistical process control, process capability analysis, and reliability qualification methodologies
• →Experience managing relationships with equipment vendors and integrators for custom or semi-custom production tooling
• →Experience with cleanroom or controlled-environment manufacturing operations 

• 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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