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Sr. Supplier Development Engineer (Starshield)

SpaceX· Starshield - Supply Chain
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Hawthorne, CA$135k - $190kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior role in Starshield Supply Chain focusing on demand Planning, sourcing, supplier development, and quality for Starshield satellite hardware, with emphasis on PCBA/SMT and achieving production readiness and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage PCBA processes and PCBA products for the Starshield supply chain
  • Own continuity of supply for electronic products on the Starshield program, ensuring internal production has infeed assemblies needed to build to program level volume targets
  • Collaborate with design engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of piece part, assembly, and/or sub-system design intent
  • Support the procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems
  • Create and define supplier technical requirements and flow downs to meet hardware manufacturing needs
  • Implement and monitor the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production
  • Assure supplier understanding of product and submission requirements
  • Develop and approve process controls to control critical characteristics
  • Recommend technical product improvements to reduce risk and potential defect opportunities
  • Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and root causes to drive supplier improvement plans
  • Provide feedback 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 corrective actions associated with any escapes or containments identified in Production and Supply Chain
  • Collaborate with teams, lead projects, and continuously drive improvement in the supply base with a focus on reductions in cycle time, nominal cost, and cumulative scrap

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, material science engineering, hardware engineering, engineering physics, or other engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in PCBA manufacturing, SMT processing and/or microelectronics packaging either from industry, research, or academic projects
  • 5+ years in a manufacturing, reliability, and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies)

Skills

Required:PCBA manufacturing
Nice to have:Supplier quality managementQuality systems

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • 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 with 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave as per policy
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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