At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Location
- Redmond, WA
About the role
- Join a fast-paced, world-class avionics production team to help achieve ambitious goals.
- Manage and maintain production equipment while training technicians to operate it, enabling high-rate, high-quality builds for Starlink.
Responsibilities
- Lead new product introduction (NPI) builds and process development/validation across all work centers under aggressive timelines.
- Assist with PCBA line setup, facility requests, equipment programming, and specification of new equipment requirements.
- Program, load, operate, optimize, and configure automated SMT equipment and processes for high-reliability electronics assemblies.
- Design custom fixtures to improve process flow and efficiency.
- Train technicians on operation and troubleshooting of complex machines.
- Define equipment maintenance schedules and support activities.
- Perform design of experiments (DOE) and identify continuous improvement opportunities to increase yield, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Develop Design for Manufacturability (DFM) guidelines and provide design feedback through close collaboration with engineering during design, build, and test phases.
- Streamline space-grade PCBA assembly and test processes (including reflow soldering, selective soldering, conformal coating, flying probe, AOI, and functional testing).
- Triage non-conforming product, drive root-cause resolution and preventive actions, and resolve production issues on the spot while protecting design integrity, quality, and schedule.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate and 2+ years of professional experience in a hands-on manufacturing environment; OR bachelor's degree in an engineering, math or science discipline
- 2+ years of experience working in SMT or PCBA process engineering
- Must be able to work all required shift hours, overtime, and weekends as needed.
- Must be able to lift 25 pounds unassisted
Preferred qualifications
- Strong work ethic and drive to succeed
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere
- Experience producing J-STD-001 Class 2, IPC-A-610 Class 2 or equivalent hardware
- Hands on experience with optimizing SMT pick and place, reflow oven, conformal coating, or through hole soldering systems
Benefits
- Company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Workplace
- Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
Skills
- SMT
- PCBA
- Reflow Soldering
- Selective Soldering
- Conformal Coating
- Flying Probe
- AOI
- Functional Testing
