Production Control Scheduler (Starship Launch Hardware)

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.

PRODUCTION CONTROL SCHEDULER (STARSHIP LAUNCH HARDWARE)

Launch Hardware aims to develop Starship processing facilities, launch pads, and recovery vessels to make aircraft-like launch operations a reality. Our challenge is to execute many construction and fabrication projects in parallel at unrivaled speed. Robust pre-planning and constant change is the norm. As a Launch Hardware Scheduler, you will proactively identify blockers to progress, attack every problem enthusiastically, and remove hurdles. You are a self-starter and team player who has the hunger to venture quickly into unknown areas and solve a problem. Aerospace experience is not required to be successful here - rather, we look for inventive, motivated, collaborative people who respond rapidly to requests.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Take complete ownership of production scheduling for a given production work center, including managing both tactical day-to-day tasks as well as projecting long-term high-level rate needs for the department.
• Create a rate-based schedule for your hardware, and define/track constraints across your build for the next missions.
• Use an established schedule to create and generate stakeholder buy-in on various scenarios to determine optimal hardware allocation between new/refurbished hardware that considers customer needs, current mission manifest, and customer quality requirements.
• Work with production teams to set, track, and execute daily and weekly goals for the work center that consider personnel and equipment constraints but support overall rate targets.
• Build strong relationships with customers as well as internal/external suppliers, and establish high accuracy means of communication for both estimated hardware needs and completion dates. 
• Understand MRP requirements and logic for your hardware, and lead cross-functional efforts to manage and improve MRP accuracy to create better alignment between targeted and actual schedules. 
• Manage the scheduling and prioritization of your hardware at shared resources that are common to multiple departments at SpaceX. Actively negotiate with peers in other departments for the correct overall priority and seek creative solutions that drive the optimal business outcome. 
• Leverage SQL Queries and Excel databases to identify hardware shortages for upcoming builds, and lead the charge to pull this hardware into your production area.  
• Identify, develop, and implement opportunities for increased scheduling automation across the Launch Hardware department with a focus on reducing the manual operations required to develop, track, and update overall schedules. 
• Drive down near-term and future schedule risk by conducting work-center level capacity analysis, identifying model and communication gaps that cause schedule slips, and leading initiatives (reactive and proactive) that mitigate those risks.   
• Lead efforts to uncover root-cause and develop permanent resolution on issues found during product builds as required to eliminate internal and external blockers to deliver product on time. Drive conversations around assembly-level & integration misalignment.
• Identify and support improvement opportunities for product yield, quality, safety, cost, and team efficiency.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: 

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of experience in manufacturing scheduling, planning or operations OR 3+ years of professional experience in manufacturing scheduling, planning or operations in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ years of experience using ERP/MRP systems in a production environment. 

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed and accuracy. 
• Self-motivated, quick learner, and ability to prioritize efforts to meet customer and company goals. 
• Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external supplier/customer relationships in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment. 
• Technical knowledge and skills in coding and computer applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, Power BI, etc.) 
• Strong track record of implementing continuous improvement efforts, ideally using problem solving frameworks including lean principles, six sigma, or Kaizen concepts. 
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams working on strategic problems.
• Project management professional certification. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to travel - up to 25% work week travel may be required
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones
• Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
   

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.  

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and 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.