Mechanical Supplier Development Engineer - Falcon & Dragon

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer, Mechanical (Falcon & Dragon) in Hawthorne, CA. You will lead supplier quality, drive manufacturing improvements, and own NPI for critical rocket components, partnering with procurement and engineering to ensure manufacturability and on-time delivery.

The role requires experience with machining, GD&T, and quality systems, plus the ability to push for root-cause resolution and robust supplier capability.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience with manufacturing and/or inspection of mechanical products in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with machining and ancillary operations such as milling, turning, drilling and cutting of materials.
• Experience with interpreting engineering drawings, models, and application of GD&T principles.
• Experience with assessing supplier technical capability from equipment, operations, and personnel perspective.
• Knowledge of supplier quality processes (PPAP, APQP, First Article Inspection, etc.).
• Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP) and MRP/ERP systems.
• Discipline in problem solving – e.g. 8D.
• Experience with 3D modeling/CAD software, and engineering drawing creation.
• Experience with Pareto analysis, root cause, corrective action, and PFMEAs.
• Proficient in SQL and PowerBI.
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods (Minitab, DOE, Six Sigma).
• Ability to communicate status and needed actions clearly to all levels.
• Experience with cross-functional liaison and presenting to teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical point of contact for assigned parts, solving emergent challenges at suppliers and mitigating risk to the manifest.
• Review issues on assigned parts and solve to root cause, drive actions to closure, re-source as needed.
• Drive technical product improvements and update engineering drawings to improve manufacturability and lead times.
• Create and disposition issue tickets with required re-work or repairs as needed.
• Become primary contact for supply chain defects on assigned parts.
• Work with procurement to identify exceptional suppliers meeting takt times.
• Conduct design for manufacturing reviews to ensure parts are manufacturable early.
• Own NPI of new parts and assemblies, selecting manufacturing methods and ramping to rate.
• Drive PPAP program to ensure stable supply and reduced inspection.
• Show innovation and technical excellence, pushing the envelope.
• Drive for results and customer satisfaction through collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Lead containment activities on assigned parts with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Machining

GD&T

Supplier quality

ISO 9000/AS9100

3D CAD drafting

Root cause analysis

MRP/ERP systems

PowerBI

SQL

Statistics

Tools

PPAP process

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer, Mechanical (Falcon & Dragon) in Hawthorne, CA. You will lead supplier quality, drive manufacturing improvements, and own NPI for critical rocket components, partnering with procurement and engineering to ensure manufacturability and on-time delivery.

The role requires experience with machining, GD&T, and quality systems, plus the ability to push for root-cause resolution and robust supplier capability.