Senior Supplier Development Engineer, Starshield

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Medical, vision and dental coverage

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Supplier Development Engineer for Starshield to lead demand planning and sourcing for hardware across the satellite program.

You will drive supplier performance, PPAP, and process controls with a focus on cost, quality, and speed of execution. You will collaborate with design, procurement, and manufacturing teams, develop technical requirements for suppliers, and guide continuous improvement to reduce cycles and defects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, material science engineering, hardware engineering, engineering physics, or other engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience in PCBA manufacturing, SMT processing and/or microelectronics packaging either from industry, research, or academic projects
• 5+ years in a manufacturing, reliability, and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies)

Responsibilities

• Own and manage PCBA processes and PCBA products for the Starshield supply chain
• Own continuity of supply for electronic products on the Starshield program, ensuring internal production has infeed assemblies needed to build to program level volume targets
• Collaborate with design engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of piece part, assembly, and/or sub-system design intent
• Support the procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems
• Create and define supplier technical requirements and flow downs to meet hardware manufacturing needs
• Implement and monitor the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production
• Assure supplier understanding of product and submission requirements
• Develop and approve process controls to control critical characteristics
• Recommend technical product improvements to reduce risk and potential defect opportunities
• Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and root causes to drive supplier improvement plans
• Provide feedback as appropriate on manufacturing methods, with a specific focus on eliminating costs, reducing cycle times, and increasing yields
• Function as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support
• Drive supplier corrective actions associated with any escapes or containments identified in Production and Supply Chain
• Collaborate with teams, lead projects, and continuously drive improvement in the supply base with a focus on reductions in cycle time, nominal cost, and cumulative scrap

Skills

PCBA manufacturing

SMT processing

microelectronics packaging

supplier development

quality systems

statistical techniques

design review

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, material science engineering, hardware engineering, engineering physics, or other engineering discipline

Tools

X-ray analysis

Cross-section analysis

Polishing

IPC manufacturing standards

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Supplier Development Engineer for Starshield to lead demand planning and sourcing for hardware across the satellite program.

You will drive supplier performance, PPAP, and process controls with a focus on cost, quality, and speed of execution. You will collaborate with design, procurement, and manufacturing teams, develop technical requirements for suppliers, and guide continuous improvement to reduce cycles and defects.