Supplier Development Engineer, Mechanical (Starlink Aviation)

$110,000 - $130,000/Yr

SpaceX - Redmond, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Onsite - Redmond, WA

5,001-10,000 employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Supplier Development Engineer, Mechanical (Starlink Aviation) at SpaceX is a technical role focused on enhancing the manufacturing processes and quality systems of suppliers involved in the production of components for the Starlink satellite constellation. This position requires a strong understanding of mechanical assemblies in the aviation industry and aims to ensure that suppliers meet the high standards necessary for the production of advanced broadband internet systems. The engineer will act as a liaison between SpaceX and its suppliers, driving improvements and innovations to support the company's mission to enable human life on Mars.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical point of contact, solving emergent challenges at suppliers and mitigating risk to the manufacturing system by addressing high-impact manufacturing and quality challenges.
• Own outsourced parts from cradle to grave by conducting design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews to ensure manufacturability, industrializing processes, implementing the production part approval process (PPAP), and ramping suppliers to meet required production rates.
• Partner with procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems.
• Provide leadership for New Product Introduction (NPI) at suppliers.
• Validate supplier corrective actions to ensure they are robust, sustainable, and implemented for similar potential concerns across manufacturing lines and/or suppliers.
• Lead containment activities, working with cross-functional counterparts on scope, path forward, and ultimate resolution.
• Demonstrate innovation, technical excellence, attention to detail, self-direction and courage.
• Drive for results and customer satisfaction by collaborating with teams, leading projects, and continuously driving improvement in the supply base.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a STEM discipline
• 1+ years of manufacturing, supply chain, or quality experience

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to consistently make timely risk-based decisions in an ambiguous environment
• Master's degree in engineering or business
• Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)
• Knowledge of quality processes - production part approval process (PPAP), advanced product quality planning (APQP), first article inspection reports (FAIR), metrology tools and concepts etc.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and demonstrated history of implementing new production lines and process improvements
• Knowledge of quality tools such as Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and various problem-solving approaches
• Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines, internally and externally
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to suppliers, team members and management and to communicate and direct supplier activities at the management level
• Demonstrated capability to think creatively and solve complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
• Experience in a fast-paced, iterative design environment within the consumer electronics, mobile handset, medical devices, marine, aerospace, or automotive industries

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• 5 days of sick leave per year
• Company shuttles for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office