PRODUCTION SCHEDULER (STARSHIP)
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