Supplier Development Engineer, PCB/PCBA (Starshield)
About The Position
As a Supplier Development Engineer on the Starshield team, you won’t just manage suppliers, you’ll transform them. This high-profile, cross-functional role is integral to enabling development and production flow of Satellites and Gateways. You’ll work closely with internal engineering and manufacturing teams, as well as directly with suppliers to execute creative and smart engineering solutions to enable SpaceX to achieve aggressive production goals. You will dive deep into supplier processes, quality systems, and capabilities to drive breakthroughs in cost, quality, and capacity as we scale at unprecedented rates. With integration happening in-house, you’ll see your work come to life every day. At SpaceX, we shape the industry, pushing suppliers to extreme standards of performance and reliability while building the high-volume satellite factory of the future. If you thrive in high-velocity environments and want your engineering work to directly strengthen U.S. national security, this is your opportunity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience with printed circuit boards (PCBs), engineering laminates, electrochemical processes, and/or microelectronics fabrication (including school projects, clubs, or internships)
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in engineering, business, or supply chain
- Working knowledge of supplier quality processes (PPAP, APQP, FAIR, RCCA failure analysis, lean methods, etc.) and quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., SPC, design of experiments, Six Sigma, etc.
- Disciplined approach to problem solving – 8D
- Electronics manufacturing experience, preferably with PCBs for high-speed / RF applications
- Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines, internally and externally
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment with minimal oversight and learn new skills on-the-job quickly and efficiently
- Ability to identify and maintain priorities for tasks and projects while staying organized
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to suppliers, team members and management
Responsibilities
- Own continuity of supply for printed circuit boards (PCBs) and components on the Starshield program
- Collaborate with design, R&D, commercial supply chain, hardware reliability, and production teams to manage suppliers and deliver world class products for our customers
- Support procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier capabilities by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems
- Identify, audit, and onboard new suppliers
- Develop and implement supplier technical requirements and quality flow downs to meet hardware manufacturing needs
- Implement and monitor production part approval process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production
- Ensure qualification and reliability activities at suppliers are in line with requirements
- Develop and approve process controls to control critical characteristics
- Recommend technical product improvements to reduce risk and opportunities for defects
- Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps to drive supplier improvement plans
- Provide feedback to suppliers as appropriate on manufacturing methods, with a specific focus on eliminating costs, reducing cycle times, and increasing yields
- Function as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support
- Drive supplier root cause failure analysis and corrective actions associated with any quality gaps, escapes, or containments
- Lead projects and present reports to internal teams, management, and/or suppliers
- Act as internal owner of supplier’s statistical process control (SPC), yield improvement activities, new tool/process qualification, and performance in terms of quality, efficiency, and cost
Benefits
- 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 leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
