Launch Site Supplier Development Engineer (Cape Canaveral)

SpaceX; Florida; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, FL is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer in Supply Chain to drive technical supplier performance for Starship, Dragon, and Falcon programs. You will act as the technical point of contact for components, lead containment, and drive risk reduction across the supply base.

The role requires a Bachelor in engineering and at least 1 year manufacturing/inspection experience; preferred are DFMs, PPAP, ISO quality systems, and proficiency with SQL/Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or STEM discipline.
• 1+ years of experience with manufacturing and/or inspection of mechanical products in a production environment.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Demonstrate innovation, technical excellence, attention to detail, self-direction, and courage to push the technical envelope, which is conventionally held in the industry
• Drive for results and customer satisfaction by collaborating with teams, leading projects, and continuously driving improvement in the supply base

Skills

Manufacturing & inspection

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM

Tools

Excel

SQL

Power BI

MRP/ERP

Job description

SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, FL is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer in Supply Chain to drive technical supplier performance for Starship, Dragon, and Falcon programs. You will act as the technical point of contact for components, lead containment, and drive risk reduction across the supply base.

The role requires a Bachelor in engineering and at least 1 year manufacturing/inspection experience; preferred are DFMs, PPAP, ISO quality systems, and proficiency with SQL/Power BI.