Space-Grade Materials Supplier Development Engineer

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options / equity

Medical, vision & dental

401(k)

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer for Materials & Metals to own supplier materials, processing, and special processes that fly on the Starship vehicle.

You will drive raw-material supplier development, assess capabilities, push improvements, and lead corrective actions to reduce defects, lead time, and cost while partnering with engineering and procurement to scale reliable supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering, metallurgy, or metallurgical engineering.
• 1+ years of experience in R&D, manufacturing, or processing engineering.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical point of contact for materials commodities and processes, including raw material, welding, heat treatment, and finishing/coating.
• Own development of raw-material commodities and related products: select the manufacturing method, identify and vet suppliers, and build a process that can ramp to rate.
• Solve emergent supplier issues that threaten the manifest—high-impact materials, processing, manufacturing, and quality problems.
• Lead containment on materials and processes escapes: scope the risk, align on a path with engineering and supply chain, and drive it to close.
• Create and disposition issue tickets with engineering counterparts (rework, repair, or use-as-is).
• Drive requirement and drawing changes that cut defect risk, improve manufacturability, and reduce lead time and cost.
• Partner with procurement to find capable suppliers and assess them for quality and takt.
• Review supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems; push improvements and own follow-through.
• Be the supply-chain owner for materials-and-process-related defects on your commodities

Skills

Materials processing

Supplier evaluation

Quality systems

Problem solving

Communication

Cross-functional

Education

Materials/metallurgy degree

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer for Materials & Metals to own supplier materials, processing, and special processes that fly on the Starship vehicle.

You will drive raw-material supplier development, assess capabilities, push improvements, and lead corrective actions to reduce defects, lead time, and cost while partnering with engineering and procurement to scale reliable supplier performance.