# Supervisor, Development Machining at SpaceX

- Company: SpaceX
- What the company does: SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://www.spacex.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Woodinville, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-26
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8796097002?gh_jid=8796097002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-supervisor-development-machining/

## About the role

The Development Machining Supervisor will lead a highly experienced team of CNC specialists and machinists to develop and implement process improvements and facilitate quick turn single digit micron tolerance machined hardware. This role requires a high level of machining aptitude: the judgment to diagnose hard process problems, set a standard for first-article quality, and develop machinists who can do the same.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of CNC machining experience
- Demonstrated high-level machining aptitude, including diagnosing and solving difficult machining and process problems
- 1+ year of experience leading machinists, technicians, or a shop floor team
- Travel to vendor sites may be required
- Travel to launch and test sites may be required
- Willingness to support 1st and 2nd shift as the development cell stands up

Tags: Starlink Satellite Machining