Senior Data Center Supplier Architect (Hyperscale)

SpaceX; Horn Lake (MS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Sr. Supplier Development Engineer, Data Center, to advance supplier development for STARLINK data center programs.

The role focuses on end-to-end rack-level design, reliability engineering, and close collaboration with suppliers and internal teams. You will drive FMEA sessions, qualification criteria, and system-level optimization for high-volume installations while coordinating with design, materials, and procurement groups to ensure maximum uptime

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, electronics engineering or related field.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience in data center hardware design, integration, or manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data center hardware and processes from a first principles, physics-based approach.
• Own complex rack-level solutions, system-level design decisions across mechanical, electrical, power, thermal, networking, and software integration domains.
• Lead the integration of Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) principles into data center strategy and architecture.
• Experience in rack-level solution design and integration, switch/server experience, including compute, storage, or networking hardware integration.
• Provide deep technical guidance on rack infrastructure including PDUs, cooling systems, airflow design, and high-density compute integration.
• Apply reliability methods and thermal engineering, mechanical engineering and electronics to design accelerated test plans for validation, burn-in, ESS, and ORT.
• Facilitate and lead design FMEA sessions to assess hardware risks, determine validation test plans and drive reliable design choices.
• Develop hardware qualification criteria, collaborate on functional and reliability requirements, and drive system-level optimization for high-volume installation.
• Direct supplier process modifications and approve FAI and PPAP reports.
• Collaborate with design, materials, and infrastructure engineers to gain knowledge of hardware components and drive root cause corrective action with suppliers.
• Support procurement to strategically source parts by reviewing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems.
• Create supplier technical and quality requirements based on reliability lessons learned for continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate ownership, proactivity, technical excellence, creativity, self-direction, and courage.

Skills

Data center hardware design

Rack-level design

RAS integration

FMEA

Supplier management

Statistical analysis

DOE

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/electrical/electronics engineering or related field

Master's degree in mechanical/electrical/electronics engineering or related field

Tools

JMP

Python

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Sr. Supplier Development Engineer, Data Center, to advance supplier development for STARLINK data center programs.

The role focuses on end-to-end rack-level design, reliability engineering, and close collaboration with suppliers and internal teams. You will drive FMEA sessions, qualification criteria, and system-level optimization for high-volume installations while coordinating with design, materials, and procurement groups to ensure maximum uptime