Responsibilities

Own end-to-end supplier development for the power electronics and power conversion portfolio within the Starlink User Terminal Bill of Materials, spanning strategic supplier selection, new product introduction (NPI), qualification, production ramp, and reactive quality support
Engage early with suppliers on selection, equipment selection, and process engineering to properly set up high-volume manufacturing programs by ensuring material and process corners are fully characterized and completed
Assess supplier manufacturing capabilities, process controls, and technical readiness for high-volume production of power electronics, including silicon, silicon carbide (SiC), and gallium nitride (GaN) based designs, power conversion topologies, magnetics, capacitors, and thermal management solutions
Lead new product introduction (NPI) activities, production part approval process (PPAP), first article inspections (FAI), production rate ramps, and reliability campaigns to enable full-rate, high-volume manufacturing
Develop and execute robust qualification plans tailored to power electronics, including power cycling, thermal validation, highly accelerated life testing (HALT), highly accelerated stress screening (HASS), corner-case testing, gate drive validation, and electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC) compliance
Create and standardize qualification protocols across the power electronics supply base, including equipment buy-off checklists, factory acceptance tests (FAT), site acceptance tests (SAT), and consistent reliability demonstration methods
Drive supplier performance improvement through Lean methodologies, supplier scorecards, process audits, and systematic problem solving to deliver measurable gains in quality, cost, and on-time delivery
Perform root cause analysis and lead corrective actions for quality issues, with focus on common power electronics failure modes such as metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and gallium nitride (GaN) device failures, capacitor degradation, thermal runaway, solder fatigue, bond wire lift, and gate oxide breakdown
Perform reactive quality engineering support, including rapid containment, root cause analysis using eight disciplines (8D) and five-whys (5-Why) methodologies, and corrective actions for quality escapes, field returns, and production issues
Own on-time delivery of qualification and production ramp activities while continuously monitoring field performance, reacting quickly to issues, and feeding lessons learned from field data back to design and process engineering teams for iterative product and process improvement
Partner closely with Power Electronics Design Engineering, Test Engineering, and Production teams to ensure supplier processes and manufacturing capability align with Starlink’s high-volume product requirements and performance goals

Supplier Development Engineer, Power Electronics (Starlink) at SpaceX · LumiJobs

Supplier Development Engineer, Power Electronics (Starlink)

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Company

SpaceX

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