Supplier Development Engineer, Harnessing (Starshield)Active$100K–$118K

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 continuity of supply for copper and fiber cable harnessing on the Starshield program

  • Collaborate with design, R&D, commercial supply chain, hardware reliability,: and production teams to manage suppliers and deliver world class products for our customers

  • Support procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier: capabilities by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems

  • Identify, audit, and onboard new suppliers

  • Develop and implement supplier technical requirements and quality flow to meet hardware manufacturing needs

  • Implement and monitor production part approval process (PPAP) with selected: suppliers to enable rate production

What they're looking for

  • Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint: systemic performance gaps to drive supplier improvement plans
  • Function as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and: suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support
  • Drive supplier root cause failure analysis and corrective actions associated: with quality gaps, escapes, or containments
  • Lead projects and present reports to internal teams, management, and/or suppliers