Starship Supplier Quality Engineer – Supply Chain Excellence

Starlink; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Supplier Quality Specialist (Starship Supply Chain) in Hawthorne, CA to own non-conformances, drive corrective actions with vendors, and improve quality management with suppliers to ensure part reliability.

You will partner with engineering, procurement and production teams, analyze quality metrics, and manage containment and CAPA processes while supporting continuous improvements across the supply base.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or higher; engineering or supply chain degree preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain OR 2+ years in engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, or quality.
• Experience reading engineering drawings (GD&T) and familiarity with quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Improve issue ticket landscape for SpaceX Starship supply chain products.
• Dissect ticket landscape to identify actions to improve vendor performance.
• Own non-conformances in production and drive corrective actions with vendors.
• Partner with suppliers to implement new processes to reduce issues and supply chain risk.
• Improve quality management processes with vendors to raise performance.
• Manage containment, receiving, and inspection non-conformances and drive resolutions.
• Create improvements to SpaceX's supply base for a more stable supply chain.
• Provide onsite technical support at suppliers as needed for part reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement and production to ensure high quality parts.
• Analyze quality metrics to identify trends and root causes.
• Work with Supply Chain Reliability Engineers to eliminate recurring non-conformances and enable part reliability.
• Review supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems, including new supplier onboarding and audits.
• Provide feedback on manufacturing methods during supplier lifecycle.
• Execute non-conformance processes (SDR, MRB, RTV, CAPA, production tickets).
• Support containment actions and coordinate with engineers to mitigate flight risk and drive root cause analysis.
• Develop policies, standards, and documentation to ensure ongoing success.

Skills

Strong written and verbal comms

Cross-functional liaison

Lean concepts and data analytics

MS Office proficiency

Data analytics

Knowledge of supplier quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain

Tools

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

AS9100 quality system knowledge

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Supplier Quality Specialist (Starship Supply Chain) in Hawthorne, CA to own non-conformances, drive corrective actions with vendors, and improve quality management with suppliers to ensure part reliability.

You will partner with engineering, procurement and production teams, analyze quality metrics, and manage containment and CAPA processes while supporting continuous improvements across the supply base.