Lead Supplier Development Engineer (Starlink)Active$190K

Redmond, WAManufacturing

The opportunity

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.

What you'll do

  • Develop a team responsible for the development of high-performing suppliers: for Starlink Satellite and Gateway products. Ensuring reliability, cost, and delivery requirements to industrialize electronics hardware

  • Work closely with supply chain, engineering, design, operations & production: to maintain consistency in supply chain policies and processes across the organization

  • Lead a team of engineers to execute the following responsibilities: Reliability

  • Implement production part approval plan (PPAP) for hardware production qualification

  • Analyze supplier quality data, and partner with supplier development: engineers to drive supplier improvements and manufacturing development program execution

  • Create, improve, and implement supplier quality and manufacturing processes

What they're looking for

  • Review and understand supplier issues, and recommend the appropriate actions
  • Work closely with receiving, receiving inspection, supplier quality engineer,: and assurance in purging suspect/non-conforming material from inventory and throughout the organization
  • Coordinate and participate in issue creation in localized material review: (MRB), root cause, failure analysis, and corrective action (8D); utilize various analysis tools and make corrective action and containment recommendations
  • Oversee and be accountable for supplier audits to ensure their ability to: meet part performance, delivery, and reliability expectations.