Production Scheduler (Starship)

About the role

The Production Scheduler for SpaceX's Starship program drives efficient production by developing rate-based schedules, identifying part shortages, projecting long-term departmental needs, and tracking constraints across builds while collaborating with teams to set and execute daily/weekly goals that align with overall rate targets.

Responsibilities

• Assist in production scheduling for a given production work center, including identifying need dates for all part shortages and 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 6+ missions
• Use an established schedule to create and generate stakeholder buy-in on various scenarios to determine optimal hardware allocation between new/refurb hardware that take into account 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 take into account personnel and equipment constraints but support overall rate targets
• Build strong relationships with internal suppliers and establish high-accuracy means of communication for both estimated hardware needs and completion dates
• Manage the scheduling and prioritization of your hardware at shared resources that are common to multiple departments at SpaceX
• Negotiate with peers in other departments for correct overall priority and seek creative solutions that drive the optimal business outcome
• Monitor MRP systems and leverage SQL Queries 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 Starship Ship Engineering 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

• Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of manufacturing scheduling, planning or operations; OR 3+ years of professional experience with manufacturing scheduling, planning or operations
• 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 available for all shifts, extended hours, and/or weekends as needed
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted
• Must be able to stand for extended periods - 8 hours minimum

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.