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Manufacturing Engineer - Supplier Development (Starlink Gateway)

SpaceX· Starlink - Supply Chain Engineering
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Manufacturing engineer focused on supplier development and production flow for Starlink Gateways, partnering with design, materials, and manufacturing teams and suppliers to optimize quality, cost, delivery, and capacity.

Responsibilities

  • Improve quality, cost, delivery, and capacity metrics for mechanical hardware used in the Starlink satellite systems
  • Collaborate with design, materials, and manufacturing engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of part, assembly, metrology, and 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 and quality requirements based on customer and program requirements for NPI and production phases
  • Lead resolution of supplier quality issues through root cause analysis, liaising between purchasing, engineering, production, and suppliers
  • Define product technical requirements, and ensure supplier compliance with these requirements
  • Implement and monitor the production part approval process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production
  • Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and drive supplier improvement plans
  • Conduct independent research to identify potential new suppliers and capabilities in manufacturing and metrology
  • Identify and drive product & process improvements to lower part cost, reduce supply risk, eliminate potential defects, and improve cycle time
  • Effectively manage mission-critical supply chain by establishing excellent working relationships and regular lines of communication with suppliers
  • Demonstrate ownership, proactivity, technical excellence, creativity, self-direction, and courage
  • Collaborate with teams, lead projects, and continuously drive improvement in the supply base

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or STEM discipline
  • 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain engineering, supplier development/quality, or design engineering (internship experience applicable)

Skills

Required:Engineering in a manufacturing/supply contextRoot cause analysis
Nice to have:PPAP
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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