Supplier Development Engineer, Starshield Harnessing

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company stock

Long-term incentives

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer for the Starshield program in Hawthorne, CA. You will own copper and fiber harnessing supply continuity, work with design, R&D, and production teams, and drive supplier quality improvements from onboarding to PPAP.

This role requires hands-on supplier management and cross-functional collaboration to meet aggressive production goals. You will interact with engineering and procurement teams to source parts aligned with supplier capabilities, audit

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or STEM discipline.
• 1+ year of experience in a manufacturing and/or process engineering role or 1+ years of engineering internship experience.

Responsibilities

• Own continuity of supply for copper and fiber cable harnessing on the Starshield program.
• Collaborate with design, R&D, commercial supply chain, hardware reliability, and production teams to manage suppliers and deliver world class products.
• Support procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier capabilities by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems.
• Identify, audit, and onboard new suppliers.
• Develop and implement supplier technical requirements and quality flow to meet hardware manufacturing needs.
• Implement and monitor production part approval process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production.
• Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps to drive supplier improvement plans.
• Function as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and provide technical support.
• Drive supplier root cause failure analysis and corrective actions associated with quality gaps, escapes, or containments.
• Lead projects and present reports to internal teams, management, and/or suppliers.
• Act as internal owner of supplier’s statistical process control (SPC), yield improvement activities, new tool/process qualification, and performance in terms of quality, efficiency, and cost

Skills

Supplier development

Demand planning

Procurement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM

Tools

IPC-620 WHMA

PPAP/APQP

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

Statistical methods (SPC)

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer for the Starshield program in Hawthorne, CA. You will own copper and fiber harnessing supply continuity, work with design, R&D, and production teams, and drive supplier quality improvements from onboarding to PPAP.

This role requires hands-on supplier management and cross-functional collaboration to meet aggressive production goals. You will interact with engineering and procurement teams to source parts aligned with supplier capabilities, audit