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Supplier Development Engineer

SpaceX· Supply Chain - Launch and Infrastructure
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Cape Canaveral, FLfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Supplier Development Engineer focused on aerospace supply chain for SpaceX Launch Site programs (Starship, Dragon, Falcon). Responsible for technical liaison with suppliers, driving DFM/PPAP/NPI processes, mitigating manufacturing and quality risks, and ensuring on-time delivery for rocket components.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical point of contact for assigned parts or systems within flight, non-flight, and launch site and recovery infrastructure, solving emergent challenges at suppliers and mitigating risk to the manifest by addressing high-impact manufacturing and quality challenges
  • Lead and coordinate containment activities to mitigate risk to build and launch schedules, and drive ongoing reliability improvements
  • Intervene and drive resolution at the supplier for critical path components to ensure zero disruption to the build schedule
  • 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
  • Become thoroughly familiar with your assigned parts, systems, and the processes that make up the overall assembly, and become the primary point of contact for supply chain-related defects on your parts
  • Work with procurement to find exceptional suppliers and vet them appropriately for quality and ability to meet our aggressive takt times
  • Conduct design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews to ensure parts are manufacturable at early stages, preferably prior to sourcing
  • Own the new product introduction (NPI) process at a supplier for new parts, drawing changes, or when re-sourcing existing parts to a new supplier
  • Drive the production part approval process (PPAP) program to ensure stable supply, reduce inspection oversight, and improve overall delivery time
  • Demonstrate innovation, technical excellence, attention to detail, self-direction, and courage to push the technical envelope, which is conventionally held in the industry
  • Drive for results and customer satisfaction by collaborating with teams, leading projects, and continuously driving improvement in the supply base

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or STEM discipline
  • 1+ years of experience with manufacturing and/or inspection of mechanical products in a production environment

Skills

Required:Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM disciplineManufacturing and/or inspection of mechanical products
Nice to have:Design for Manufacturing (DFM)NPI / PPAP processesQuality systems (ISO430)GD&T and understanding drawingsStatistical techniques / Lean / Six SigmaProblem-solving techniques (8D, A3)SQL and Power BIMS Office / Excel
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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