Supplier Industrialization Engineer, PCB (Starlink)

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Cross-functional collaboration","Presentation"]

SpaceX seeks a Supplier Industrialization Engineer for PCB components on the Starlink program. The role partners with design, R&D, and manufacturing to manage supplier quality, PPAP, and continuous improvement, ensuring continuity of supply for PCBs and enabling pilot to full-scale production across cross-functional teams.

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SpaceX
4 months ago

Supplier Industrialization Engineer, PCB (Starlink)

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Job Summary

SpaceX seeks a Supplier Industrialization Engineer for PCB components on the Starlink program. The role partners with design, R&D, and manufacturing to manage supplier quality, PPAP, and continuous improvement, ensuring continuity of supply for PCBs and enabling pilot to full-scale production across cross-functional teams.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own continuity of supply for printed circuit boards (PCBs) on the Starlink program
  • •Collaborate with design, R&D, commercial supply chain, hardware reliability, and production teams to manage suppliers and deliver world class products
  • •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 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 SPC, yield improvement activities, new tool/process qualification, and performance in terms of quality, efficiency, and cost
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kPaid LeavePaid HolidaysShuttle Service

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
  • •Experience with printed circuit boards (PCBs), engineering laminates, electrochemical processes, and/or microelectronics fabrication (school projects, clubs, or internship experience is applicable)
  • •Strong knowledge of supplier quality processes (PPAP, APQP, FAIR, RCCA failure analysis, lean methods, ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP) is preferred
  • •Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods (SPC, DOE, Six Sigma)
  • •Willingness to travel up to 25-60% (domestic and international)
Experience:AerospaceStarlinkElectronicsPCBSupply chain
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCross-functional collaborationPresentation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PPAPAPQPSPCSix SigmaISO 9000NADCAPDesign for reliability

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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