Senior Data Center Supplier Quality Lead

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Specialist for Data Center operations (Starlink) to lead supplier quality initiatives. You will manage non-conformance processes, evaluate supplier manufacturing and quality systems, and drive corrective actions across data center hardware like racks, PDUs, cooling, and compute components.

The role requires 4+ years in engineering or quality fields, on-site work in Bastrop, TX or Memphis, TN, and the ability to travel.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, or quality field.
• Experience reading engineering drawings, including GD&T.
• Experience with AS9100, ISO 9001, or similar quality management system standards.
• Experience working with suppliers, corrective/preventive action systems, supplier portals, FAI, and PPAP.

Responsibilities

• Execute supply chain non-conformance management processes, including SDR, MRB, RTV, FAI support/review, PPAP support, and CAPA.
• Analyze supplier quality data and partner with supply chain engineers, design, materials, and infrastructure teams to drive improvements and root cause corrective actions.
• Build relationships with cross-functional groups to identify, reduce, and eliminate impacts from vendor defects on data center hardware reliability, installation, and operations.
• Support assessment of supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems; help define and enforce supplier technical and quality requirements based on reliability lessons learned.
• Assist the team in developing policies, standards, processes, and documentation to ensure continued success and continuous improvement.
• Provide support for reliability-focused activities such as contributing to design FMEA insights, validation feedback, and ongoing quality monitoring for high-density compute, cooling, and power systems.

Skills

Quality tools

Data center hardware

Cross-functional

MS Excel

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

High school diploma

Tools

PPAP

FMEA

GD&T

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Specialist for Data Center operations (Starlink) to lead supplier quality initiatives. You will manage non-conformance processes, evaluate supplier manufacturing and quality systems, and drive corrective actions across data center hardware like racks, PDUs, cooling, and compute components.

The role requires 4+ years in engineering or quality fields, on-site work in Bastrop, TX or Memphis, TN, and the ability to travel.