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
Act as the technical point of contact for assigned parts or systems within: flight, non-flight, and launch site and recovery infrastructure, solving emergent challenges at suppliers and mitigating risk to the manifest by addressing high-impact manufacturing and quality challenges
Lead and coordinate containment activities to mitigate risk to build and: launch schedules, and drive ongoing reliability improvements
Intervene and drive resolution at the supplier for critical path components: to ensure zero disruption to the build schedule
Review issues on assigned parts and solve to the root cause, implementing: changes at the supplier, at SpaceX, or both, as appropriate, drive further actions to closure, and re-source to new suppliers where appropriate
Create and disposition issue tickets where needed, working with engineering: counterparts to implement, but not limited to, required re-work, repair, or use as-is disposition
Become thoroughly familiar with your assigned parts, systems, and the: processes that make up the overall assembly, and become the primary point of contact for supply chain-related defects on your parts
What they're looking for
- Work with procurement to find exceptional suppliers and vet them: appropriately for quality and ability to meet our aggressive takt times
- Conduct design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews to ensure parts are: manufacturable at early stages, preferably prior to sourcing
- Own the new product introduction (NPI) process at a supplier for new parts,: drawing changes, or when re-sourcing existing parts to a new supplier
- Drive the production part approval process (PPAP) program to ensure stable: supply, reduce inspection oversight, and improve overall delivery time
