SpaceX Supply Chain Engineer at SpaceX manages supplier quality and risk for Starlink hardware. This role leads supplier quality issue resolution, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure high-quality parts and services.
Responsibilities
Improve quality, cost, delivery, and capacity metrics for hardware used in Starlink products
Collaborate with design, materials, and manufacturing engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of piece part, assembly, metrology, and/or sub-system design intent, and assure high quality parts and services that meet all requirements
Review and assess supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems, including new supplier onboarding and audit evaluation
Lead resolution of supplier quality issues through root cause analysis while functioning as liaison between purchasing, engineering, production, and suppliers
Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and root causes to drive supplier improvement plans
Partner with vendors to institute new processes or actions to reduce issues and supply chain risk, while improving existing quality management processes
Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, proactivity, technical excellence, creativity, self-direction, and courage
Collaborate with teams, lead projects, and continuously drive improvement in the supply base
Improve the issue ticket landscape as it pertains to specific products, dissect it to identify actions to improve vendor performance, and own non-conformances found at vendors (Supplier Deviation Requests), in IQC, and production
Manage containment, receiving, and precision inspection non-conformances, find paths to resolution, and enhance processes to reduce the total issue ticket landscape
Create improvements within SpaceX’s supply base to facilitate a more stable supply chain
Provide technical support onsite at suppliers as appropriate to ensure part reliability and provide feedback on manufacturing methods and technologies during supplier product lifecycle
Qualification
Knowledge of leanExceptional analytical
Required
Bachelor's degree in an engineering or STEM discipline
1+ years of professional or internship experience in a quality, manufacturing, process, or supply chain engineering role
Preferred
Master's degree in an engineering or STEM discipline
4+ years of professional or internship experience in a quality, manufacturing, process, or supply chain engineering role
Proven track record of taking ownership of projects and influencing engineering customers to drive results
Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods (design of experiments, Six Sigma, etc.)
Knowledge of lean, production, and supply chain concepts
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, time management, and organizational skills
Ability to act quickly in a fast-moving and high-stress environment
Experience with sharing information and influencing others; strong written and verbal communication skills, able to liaise cross-functionally, internally and externally, and make presentations to team members and management
