Aerospace Supplier Development Engineer - Materials

United States Digital Space LLC; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Hawthorne, CA seeks a Supplier Development Engineer for Materials & Special Processes to support Falcon and Dragon programs. You will lead technical contact points for special processes, manage supplier quality, and enable rapid, high-volume production of aerospace consumables and coatings.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s in engineering, 1+ years in manufacturing or process engineering, and experience with coatings, plating, and related technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of experience in a manufacturing or process engineering role.
• Experience in special processes such as thin film coatings, thermal spray coatings, chemical processing, plating, thermal protection systems and/or similar products/processes.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical contact for outsourced special processes and consumables.
• Review issues on parts and solve to root cause; re-source when needed.
• Create and disposition issue tickets with engineering.
• Be the primary point of contact for supply chain defects.
• Collaborate with procurement to vet suppliers for quality and takt times.
• Conduct DFM reviews to ensure manufacturability early.
• Own the NPI process at supplier for new parts or re-sourcing.
• Drive PPAP to ensure stable supply and delivery.
• Demonstrate innovation, technical excellence and attention to detail.
• Lead containment activities with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Statistical methods

Aerospace experience

GD&T

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Hawthorne, CA seeks a Supplier Development Engineer for Materials & Special Processes to support Falcon and Dragon programs. You will lead technical contact points for special processes, manage supplier quality, and enable rapid, high-volume production of aerospace consumables and coatings.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s in engineering, 1+ years in manufacturing or process engineering, and experience with coatings, plating, and related technologies.