Supplier Development Engineer – Launch Hardware & Quality

Spacex; Florida; Híbrido; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

SpaceX seeks a Supplier Development Engineer in Supply Chain at Cape Canaveral, FL to optimize manufacturing and quality across launch-site parts. You will work with suppliers to enable Starship, Dragon and Falcon programs, focusing on DFMs and PPAP execution.

You will own NPI processes, drive RCA, and push continuous improvement while collaborating with engineering and procurement to secure reliable supply chains.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM discipline.
• 1+ year experience with manufacturing and/or inspection in a production environment.
• Experience with machining operations and pumps/valves/actuators.
• Knowledge of GD&T and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Familiarity with supplier quality processes and PPAP.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Excel, SQL, and Power BI.

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

Manufacturing knowledge

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Quality processes

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM

Ferramentas

MS Office

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Descrição da oferta de emprego

SpaceX seeks a Supplier Development Engineer in Supply Chain at Cape Canaveral, FL to optimize manufacturing and quality across launch-site parts. You will work with suppliers to enable Starship, Dragon and Falcon programs, focusing on DFMs and PPAP execution.

You will own NPI processes, drive RCA, and push continuous improvement while collaborating with engineering and procurement to secure reliable supply chains.