Supervisor, NDE Operations (Starship)

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.

SUPERVISOR, NDE OPERATIONS (STARSHIP)

The NDE function is organized within focused production area cells alongside Starship development activities utilizing multiple and varied inspection methods to efficiently provide quality control and protect product reliability.

As the NDE Supervisor at SpaceX you will be required to interface across the business. The job function will require emphasizing a “quality first” culture with the team while performing hands-on inspection, troubleshooting, and managing inspectors during day-to-day NDE activities. The supervisor will interact with technical and operations leaders at Starbase. The candidate should possess strong leadership characteristics, structured control, and data-driven performance management, as well as soft skills, such as influencing and persuading. A key eye for detail and the ability to work within complex teams to reach company-wide goals are also attributes which a successful candidate must possess.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Schedule and prioritize work-flow management

• Act as the interface between the team and relevant production partners and customers

• Collaborate with the engineering and level III teams to support inspection requirements

• Manage inspector career development planning and certification training to meet inspection needs in the work center

• Assist in sourcing, recruiting, and hiring

• Manage maintenance planning and scheduling for equipment and facilities

• Prioritize and increase inspection quality by deploying lean strategies, 5S, Kaizen and data-driven metric

Department: Starship NDE - Production