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
Own end-to-end supplier development for the PoE, AC cable, and power cord: portfolio within the Starlink User Terminal Bill of Materials, spanning strategic supplier selection, new product introduction (NPI), qualification, production ramp, and reactive quality support
Engage early with suppliers on selection, equipment selection, and process: engineering to properly set up high-volume manufacturing programs by ensuring material and process corners are fully characterized and completed
Assess supplier manufacturing capabilities, process controls, and technical: readiness for high-volume production of PoE and AC cables, including conductor stranding, extrusion, shielding, termination, crimping, and connector molding processes
Lead new product introduction (NPI) activities, production part approval: process (PPAP), first article inspections (FAI), production rate ramps, and reliability campaigns to enable full-rate, high-volume manufacturing
Develop and execute robust qualification plans tailored to cable commodities,: including temperature rise testing under PoE load, bundle heating validation, flex-life cycling, insulation resistance, hi-pot testing, and electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC) compliance
Create and standardize qualification protocols across the cable supply base,: including equipment buy-off checklists, factory acceptance tests (FAT), site acceptance tests (SAT), and consistent reliability demonstration methods
What they're looking for
- Drive supplier performance improvement through Lean methodologies, supplier: scorecards, process audits, and systematic problem solving to deliver measurable gains in quality, cost, and on-time delivery
- Perform root cause analysis and lead corrective actions for quality issues,: with focus on common cable failure modes such as insulation cracking, conductor fatigue and breakage, poor crimp termination, increased contact resistance, PoE-related overheating in bundles, shield discontinuities, and strain relief failures
- Perform reactive quality engineering support, including rapid containment,: root cause analysis using eight disciplines (8D) and five-whys (5-Why) methodologies, and corrective actions for quality escapes, field returns, and production issues
- Own on-time delivery of qualification and production ramp activities while: continuously monitoring field performance, reacting quickly to issues, and feeding lessons learned from field data back to design and process engineering teams for iterative product and process improvement
