SpaceX Product Development Engineer at SpaceX Starlink responsible for managing new hardware programs from concept to mass production. Focus on schedule, quality, reliability, and supply chain robustness.
Responsibilities
Drive the strategic execution of hardware programs, ensuring alignment with overall project goals, reliability objectives, and mass-production requirements
Create and manage detailed project schedules, drive day-to-day activities to meet overall project objectives, and perform critical path management to ensure key decision milestones are met across NPI, qualification, and production ramp phases
Lead multi-functional communication between internal project teams and external vendors/contract manufacturers, facilitating alignment while holding teams accountable
Provide timely issue resolution, proactively identify risks, and drive technical and supply-chain issues to closure by bringing together key partners for decision making
Facilitate clear and consistent communication and alignment between internal teams (Product Design, Engineering, Reliability, Manufacturing, and Operations) and external contract manufacturers/OEM partners
Provide strong leadership and support during prototype, engineering validation, and production builds, while ensuring timely delivery of components, proactive problem-solving, and definition of robust validation and reliability test plans
Oversee the release process for parts, assemblies, and enclosures, ensuring timely and accurate releases while holding teams accountable for meeting release deadlines
Provide clear project status and risk assessments to executive management, filtering and distilling relevant information for the right audience
Qualification
3+ years in a qualityExcellent communication
Required
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
3+ years in a quality, reliability, supply chain, or engineering role
Preferred
Experience in high-volume consumer electronics hardware programs
Experience in new product / project management, preferably in hardware development with contract manufacturers
Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills
Demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional communication between project teams and external vendors
Flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
Demonstrated creativity and critical thinking capabilities
Strong experience in New Product Introduction (NPI), scaling hardware into mass production, and managing aggressive schedules
