Senior Launch-Site Supplier Development Engineer

SpaceX; Florida; Presencial; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Supplier Development Engineer at the Launch Site in Cape Canaveral, FL to lead supplier quality and manufacturing improvements for rocket components.

You will drive DFM reviews, NPIs, PPAPs, and containment actions with suppliers to keep schedules and quality on track. The role requires a bachelor’s in engineering, 5+ years of experience in manufacturing/inspection of mechanical products, and familiarity with GD&T, ISO/AS quality systems, and data tools like SQL/Power BI.

Qualificações

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

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conhecimentos

Machining knowledge

QA / inspection

DFM reviews

NPI processes

PPAP experience

ISO/AS quality systems

MS Office & Excel

SQL & Power BI

Problem solving (8D/A3)

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM

Ferramentas

GD&T

MRP/ERP systems

Quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Supplier Development Engineer at the Launch Site in Cape Canaveral, FL to lead supplier quality and manufacturing improvements for rocket components.

You will drive DFM reviews, NPIs, PPAPs, and containment actions with suppliers to keep schedules and quality on track. The role requires a bachelor’s in engineering, 5+ years of experience in manufacturing/inspection of mechanical products, and familiarity with GD&T, ISO/AS quality systems, and data tools like SQL/Power BI.