Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain (Avionics)

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

5d

About The Position

Falcon's Avionics Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineering Manager will be responsible for overseeing a team of engineers responsible for proactively eliminating reliability risks, engineering a scalable supply chain, developing a technically excellent vendor base, and standing up reliable processes upstream to prevent downstream burden. This is a dynamic technical position that requires proactive involvement and influence in aligning design, manufacturing, and supply chain requirements to ensure part conformance and stability in process. We are looking for a candidate with strong execution on future supply chain reliability vision, growth and development of team members, risk identification and resolution, and strong stakeholder management. This role has a unique opportunity to drive program-wide initiatives alongside other Falcon leaders, develop creative solutions to drive down cost across the supply base, and lead a talented team to success. The candidate will develop and lead complex, multi-disciplinary teams and projects and will be required to dive into ambiguous challenges with a bias towards action. This role requires someone who can create and execute a strategic team vision enabling Falcon supply chain operations to scale with a high degree of excellence. The candidate will be able to define high level goals with alignment from cross-functional leadership and drive the team to quick execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
• Engineering
• Purchasing
• Contract negotiation
• Material or production planning
• Operations or supply chain management
• Material cost control
• Master production scheduling
• 1+ years of experience leading a team with direct reports

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, technical procurement or supply chain management
• Strong technical understanding of MRP system
• Experience with BOM management within TeamCenter
• Experience sourcing and managing medium-complexity machined components
• Highly-collaborative team player with impeccable attention to detail and strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting skills with a bias for speed without sacrificing quality
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships across disciplines
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively while managing multiple critical priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, loosely-structured environment
• Advanced skills in MS Excel (ability to create pivot tables or macros, and analyze data)
• Experience with SQL and Power BI
• Conducts all activities with the highest integrity

Responsibilities

• Lead Cross-Functional Initiatives
• Work cross-functionally with other supply chain verticals, engineering leadership, and production management to proactively identify improvement opportunities, implement agile processes, and strategic risk mitigation opportunities to improve engine reliability
• Autonomous collaboration with engineering and supply chain leadership to drive alignment on design requirements, technical improvements, and simplification of reliable supply chain processes
• Define strategic/tactical goals, and lead initiatives around those goals to ensure production and engineering stakeholder expectations are met
• Lead supply chain engineering teams to ensure alignment across goals on cost, quality, and delivery, with bias towards continuous improvement as program plan changes
• Develop standards and expectations to ensure at-rate delivery from suppliers with opportunity for strong alignment with leaders in supply base
• Ensure end-to-end delivery execution from when the part leaves the supplier’s facility to when it arrives to its specified production area
• Help facilitate change management on behalf of supply chain, and ensure on-time introduction of conforming parts at rate to support introduction of changes
• Identify opportunities for either insourcing or outsourcing part manufacturing in order to support rate (drive, make, and buy)
• Drive Execution
• Drive and motivate the team in ensuring all deliverables and expectations are met and executed, with quick decision-making
• Develop reporting procedures and systems to inform and align on reliability progress, help needed, and opportunities for improvement
• Identify and implement process, system, or training improvement projects with tangible results and effective delegation across team members to execute
• Track and review established KPI’s with team and adjust initiatives as needed to drive progress
• Develop and champion various cross-functional technical cost reduction efforts and projects in collaboration with sourcing leadership
• Work autonomously and proactively to resolve a wide variety of potentially ambiguous issues in creative ways, while being resourceful
• Ensure the team has both a high level and granular level understanding of quality risk across the program, and drive collaboration across the team to find the best ways to broadly reduce quality risk
• Build and Manage an Awesome Team
• Represent the team, and ensure supply chain has a seat at the table to ensure alignment with Falcon program priorities and leadership by establishing trust with stakeholders
• Develop a team of world-class supply chain professionals by conducting weekly 1:1s with direct reports and collaborating on personal development plans for each member
• Interview and hire candidates for all of Supply Chain with a strong eye for talent
• Develop a succession plan with leads and effectively manage attrition to ensure business continuity, while also growing and developing individual contributors
• Embody and radiate best practices in team collaboration, respect, transparency, and team problem solving with a high sense of integrity

Benefits

• You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• You will also receive 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, and various other discounts and perks.
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees