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Sr. Supplier Development Engineer, Data Center (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink - Supply Chain Engineering
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Bastrop, TX, Memphis, TN, Palo Alto, CAfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior supplier development engineer responsible for developing, driving, and maintaining suppliers from concept to high-volume production for SpaceX data center facilities, with cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and supplier teams.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze data center hardware and processes from a first principles, physics-based approach with focus on data center hardware domain.
  • Own complex rack-level solutions and system-level design decisions across mechanical, electrical, power, thermal, networking, and software integration domains.
  • Lead the integration of Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) principles into data center strategy and architecture for maximum uptime.
  • Experience in rack-level solution design and integration, switch/server experience including compute (CPU-GPU), storage, or networking hardware integration.
  • Provide deep technical guidance on rack infrastructure including PDUs, cooling systems, airflow design, and high-density compute integration.
  • Apply reliability methods and thermal, mechanical, and electronic engineering to design accelerated test plans (design validation, burn-in, ESS, ORT).
  • Facilitate and lead design FMEA sessions to assess hardware risks and drive validation plans and reliable design choices.
  • Develop hardware qualification criteria and drive system-level optimization for high-volume installations.
  • Direct supplier process modifications and approve first article inspection (FAI) and PPAP reports.
  • Collaborate with design, materials, and infrastructure engineers to understand hardware components and drive root cause corrective action with suppliers.
  • Support procurement to strategically source parts and review supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems.
  • Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements based on reliability lessons learned for continuous improvement.
  • Demonstrate ownership, proactivity, technical excellence, creativity, self-direction, and courage.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering or related field.
  • Minimum 2+ years of experience in data center hardware design, integration, or manufacturing.

Skills

Required:Data center hardware designFMEAPDU and cooling systemsReliability engineering
Last updated Jul 29, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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