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Supplier Development Engineer, Electrical (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink - Supply Chain Engineering
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Electrical engineer focused on end-to-end supplier development for Starlink’s electromechanical portfolio, from concept to high-volume production, with close collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, reliability, and supplier teams to achieve production goals.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze manufacturing processes and electromechanical assemblies from a first principles, physics-based approach with focus on electrical domain
  • Experience with taking products from concept and development into high-volume production
  • Work closely with engineers from adjacent disciplines (mechanical, thermal, software, test engineering, supply chain, etc.) to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware
  • Develop part qualification criteria, collaborate on functional and reliability requirements, and drive system-level optimization for high-volume production
  • Lead Design of Experiments (DOE) to develop supplier production processes for high-rate, high-yield, and reliable parts
  • Lead hardware failure investigations, defect characterization and analysis to determine root causes to improve manufacturing yields
  • Direct the supplier process modifications while ultimately responsible for approving first article inspection (FAI) reports, and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) reports
  • Collaborate with design, materials, and manufacturing engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of electrical parts, assembly, metrology, and sub-system design intent
  • Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements based on NPI lifecycle, production phases, and program requirement
  • Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, proactivity, technical excellence, creativity, self-direction, and courage

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
  • 2+ years of professional experience in electrical engineering, electronics manufacturing, quality engineering, reliability engineering (internship and extracurricular experience is applicable)

Skills

Required:Electrical engineering fundamentalsSupplier developmentDesign of Experiments (DOE)Root cause analysisRead electrical drawings/specificationsCommunication
Nice to have:RF/electronics troubleshooting
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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