Manager, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Production (Starlink)
SpaceX · Bastrop, TX · 2 wk ago
On-siteMarketingFull-time
Responsibilities
- Manage a large team of supervisors, technicians, and associates on a multi-shift schedule
- Ensure a strong focus is placed on safety and maintain an excellent safety record
- Create talent pipeline: Recruit, onboard, and develop leaders and ICs
- Create training/onboarding programs and career development paths to boost quality, reduce lead time/cost
- Define and enforce operational standards with strict accountability
- Collaborate with engineering to startup & optimize PCB equipment & processes
- Drive continuous improvement via metrics (yield, OEE, throughput)
- Ensure root causes for quality issues are identified and appropriate improvement actions are put in place to prevent recurrence
- Report area status/risks to leadership and foster cross-department collaboration
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or STEM discipline; OR 4+ years of professional leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
- 3+ years of production operations or process development experience
- 2+ years of experience in a leadership position
Preferred Skills And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or technical discipline
- Experience building out a multidisciplinary production organization
- Experience leading multi-level production operations teams with 50+ members
- Experience standing up a new production line and bringing it to rate
- Experience with PCB manufacturing processes including copper electroplating, chemical etching, solder mask application, PCB layup and lamination, laser and mechanical drilling, and/or electrical test in a production setting
- Experience in related fields such as wafer fabrication, silicon packaging, SMT, battery or chemical manufacturing
- Experience with applying lean manufacturing principles
- Able to adapt to constantly changing work environment
Additional Requirements
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Able to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
- Able to travel up to 10% on an ongoing basis