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Design and develop mechanical spacecraft systems for Dragon, performing hand calculations, FEA, and CAD; lead design reviews; manage projects from early design through production, launch, and recovery; ensure technical excellence and accountability for flight-critical components.

Support Falcon and Dragon supplier base by solving supplier manufacturing and quality issues, driving root-cause corrective actions, performing DFM and supplier capability assessments, leading new product introductions and PPAP, improving manufacturability and cost, and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure stable, on-time supply for machined metallic components and assemblies.

Plan and execute end-to-end supply chain strategies for Falcon, Dragon, and Starfall. Maintain BOMs and inventory, manage lead times and POs, perform risk and should-cost analysis, support supplier visits and NPI, optimize logistics and manufacturing interfaces, and drive continuous improvement across suppliers and internal stakeholders to meet cost, quality, and delivery goals.

Coordinate high volumes of intern candidate phone screens across time zones, schedule interviews accurately, communicate status updates to hiring teams, assist with special projects, and support the Intern Program and University Outreach team. Ensure organization, confidentiality, and timely candidate/interviewer communications.

Manage supply chain planning for Falcon, Dragon, USDV, and Starfall. Coordinate with engineering and manufacturing on MRP, purchasing, supplier delivery, dock-to-stock, inventory, cost management, sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and PO/invoice actions. Develop commodity roadmaps, should-cost models, and support prototype to production transitions while guiding junior staff and ensuring on-time material delivery and continuity of supply.

Provide legal advice on OFAC sanctions and BIS export controls for SpaceXAI; build trade compliance processes, manage documentation and screening, advise on contracts, coordinate with U.S. agencies, investigate non-compliance, and collaborate cross-functionally.

Design, deploy, operate, and scale mission-critical application platforms. Build infrastructure as code, improve observability, participate in on-call rotation and incident response, collaborate with software teams, optimize performance, and support vehicle software engineers.

Build, operate, and scale mission-critical application infrastructure and tooling for vehicle and satellite software delivery. Manage infrastructure as code, improve observability, collaborate with engineers, participate in on-call rotation, perform incident response and postmortems, and provide end-user support to reduce build and test times.

Lead NDE operations team in complex inspections of Falcon and Dragon hardware, while ensuring quality, efficiency, and employee development.

Manage global cash operations and banking network for SpaceX's Starlink business. Build treasury infrastructure, produce analytics and reports, resolve cash inquiries, support cross-functional teams, and improve treasury processes, controls, and compliance to enable global expansion.