PCB/PCBA Sourcing Lead – Starshield Hardware

Spacex; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Medical coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a sourcing specialist for Starshield to own demand planning and strategic sourcing for hardware used on satellites and production. You will balance cost, quality, and lead-time targets while enabling high‑volume production.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years in procurement or supply chain, with experience in PCB/PCBA or electrical components. Travel up to 25% may be needed and on-site work in Hawthorne is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, material planning, production planning, supply chain management, or engineering.
• Experience with PCB/PCBA or electrical components is preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with key suppliers to develop and implement sourcing and cost management strategies.
• Pull and aggregate the overall demand picture for hardware to enable an accurate demand signal.
• Act as the supplier interface for RFIs, RFPs and RFQs.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to run the RFX process and evaluation, then implement a sourcing decision.
• Manage cost to adhere to project budgets and forecasts.
• Develop should-cost models for cost analysis.
• Ensure suppliers support prototype builds and mass production.
• Drive internal and external process improvements to save costs.
• Present value propositions to SpaceX executives on cost reviews and supplier issues.
• Develop, manage, and maintain supplier partnerships.
• Implement data management tools to monitor supplier performance.

Skills

PCB/PCBA sourcing

Strategic procurement

Supplier relationship management

Analytical skills

MS Excel

SQL

Access

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years experience

Tools

Excel

SQL

Access

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a sourcing specialist for Starshield to own demand planning and strategic sourcing for hardware used on satellites and production. You will balance cost, quality, and lead-time targets while enabling high‑volume production.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years in procurement or supply chain, with experience in PCB/PCBA or electrical components. Travel up to 25% may be needed and on-site work in Hawthorne is required.