Data Infrastructure Operations Specialist II (Starlink)
About The Position
The Infrastructure Operations team is responsible for the end-to-end management of suppliers, costs, and delivery of high-quality human-generated data, including annotations, evaluations, and specialized research datasets that power the training, validation, and continuous improvement of our AI models. We're seeking talented, high-ownership individuals to grow and expand our global supplier network while ensuring the consistent, high-quality delivery of critical datasets. Individuals in this role are creative, fast problem-solvers who seek on challenges outside their comfort zone and can iterate and adapt at the rapid pace of the AI industry.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience and a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience working in one or more of the following fields: Hardware or product management, Engineering, Procurement, Supply chain management, Strategy and operations, Technology.
Nice To Haves
- Self-starting, able to identify areas for improvement with minimal direction
- Experience in managing technical or construction projects from beginning to end
- Ability to tackle complex and ambiguous problems
- Excellent project management, communication, and organizational skills
- Experience or interest in data analysis, data visualization, and/or financial analysis
- Demonstrates commitment to SpaceX’s goals of reusability, renewability, and sustainability
Responsibilities
- Negotiate creative, flexible, and commercially effective deals with key suppliers and partners.
- Align sourcing strategy with engineering, quality, and performance requirements across priority areas.
- Track deal status, approvals, and execution risks while driving suppliers toward timely and reliable delivery.
- Continuously improve, standardize, and scale sourcing processes, workflows, tools, and planning systems.
- Build a strong pipeline of exclusive and proprietary enterprise datasets.
- Provide valuable inputs on upcoming orders based on supplier capacity, quality, and pricing.
- Maintain rigorous spend discipline, committing budget only to datasets that meaningfully improve model performance.
- Set target pricing, analyze supplier spend and trends, and develop metrics for quality, delivery, and performance.
- Manage clear, proactive communication with both internal stakeholders and external partners.
Benefits
- Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law (for Washington State employees)
- Company shuttles offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
