Sr. Supplier Development Engineer (Starshield)

Hawthorne, CAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$135k–$190k

H1B: no

SpaceX The Sr. Supplier Development Engineer manages PCBA processes and products for the Starshield supply chain, ensuring continuity of supply and supporting production rate goals. This role collaborates with design engineers and procurement to improve supplier manufacturing and quality systems.

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

Qualification

5+ years in a manufacturingKnowledge of lean concepts

Required

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)

Preferred

Knowledge of supplier quality processes (production part approval process, advanced product quality planning, first article inspection reports, etc.)
Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., design of experiments, Six Sigma, etc.
Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)
Knowledge pf IPC manufacturing standards
Knowledge of lean concepts
Experience with basic failure analysis tools and methods (X-ray, cross-section, polishing)
Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines, internally and externally
Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to suppliers, team members, and management