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Lead Supply Chain Reliability Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink - Mech. And Non-Electronic Sourcing
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Woodinville, WA$130k - $180kfull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Lead Supply Chain Reliability Engineer to oversee a team of inspectors and supplier quality engineers, driving quality improvements, supplier compliance, and risk mitigation across the Starlink Aviation supply chain. Role emphasizes rapid decision-making, root cause analysis, and collaboration across all organizational levels.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of hourly inspectors and supplier quality engineers
  • Foster a culture of accountability and ensure suppliers meet quality and drawing requirements with clear communication
  • Oversee resolution of quality issues including containment, part screening, issue tickets, engineering dispositions for nonconforming product, SCARs, and closure with objective evidence
  • Generate quality metric reports and analyze historical trends to identify defect patterns
  • Initiate targeted supplier improvement projects to reduce defects and improve quality
  • Update or create procedures to streamline inspections, audits, and quality processes
  • Conduct and prioritize supplier audits (onboarding and surveillance)
  • Travel to supplier sites as needed to assess compliance and capabilities
  • Identify, categorize, and mitigate supply chain risks with robust strategies
  • Own preventive and corrective actions and make risk-based decisions
  • Communicate quality trends and data-driven recommendations to Supplier Development Engineers to influence DFM/DFI
  • Apply root cause analysis tools (e.g., 5 Whys) and Six Sigma methodologies to drive systemic quality improvements

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering
  • 3+ years of experience in supplier quality engineering, quality assurance, or manufacturing engineering
  • 1+ year of professional experience leading people or projects

Skills

Required:Leadership and people managementRoot cause analysisQuality assurance and supplier quality engineering

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • employee stock plan and long-term incentives
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • shuttle service from select Seattle locations to SpaceX Redmond office
  • discounts and other perks
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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