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Supplier Development Engineer (PCB/PCBA)

SpaceX· Starship Components Supply Chain
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $130kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Technical supplier development engineer focused on PCB/PCBA for SpaceX Starship program. Combines manufacturing engineering, NPI, and supplier quality to enable high-volume, high-reliability electronics fabrication for rockets and avionics.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical point of contact for assigned parts and assemblies of the rocket, solving emergent challenges at suppliers, and mitigating risk to the manifest by addressing high-impact manufacturing and quality challenges
  • Own the new product introduction of new parts and assemblies on the rocket, including identifying and reviewing suppliers, and developing a reliable process for ramping manufacturing to rate for parts that are new, undergoing drawing changes, or undergoing re-sourcing at a new supplier
  • Collaborate with design, R&D, commercial supply chain, hardware reliability, and production teams to effectively manage product portfolio
  • Analyze production and process data to drive technical product improvements and related engineering drawing updates, reducing risk and potential defect opportunities as well as improving manufacturability, manufacturing lead times, and cost
  • Review issues on assigned parts and solve to the root cause, implementing changes at the supplier, at SpaceX or both, as appropriate, drive further actions to closure, and re-source to new suppliers where appropriate
  • Create and disposition issue tickets where needed, working with engineering counterparts to implement, but not limited to, required re-work, repair or use as-is disposition
  • Lead containment activities on assigned parts, working with cross-functional counterparts to agree on scope, path forward and ultimate resolution
  • Drive supplier root cause failure analysis and corrective actions associated with any quality gaps, escapes, or containments
  • Support procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier capabilities by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems
  • Demonstrate innovation, technical excellence, attention to detail, self-direction and courage to push the technical envelope which is conventionally held in the industry.
  • Become thoroughly familiar with your assigned parts and the processes that make up the overall assembly and become the primary point of contact for supply chain related defects on your parts

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience with manufacturing or process engineering role

Skills

Required:Electronics manufacturing knowledge
Nice to have:DFM and design for manufacturingSupplier quality and onboarding

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • 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
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave as per policy
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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