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Supplier Quality Specialist (Starship)

SpaceX· Starbase Supply Chain Reliability
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Starbase, TXFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Supplier Quality Specialist supporting SpaceX's Starship program within the Supply Chain Reliability team. Responsible for tactical supplier quality activities, non-conformance management, vendor performance improvement, containment, and collaboration with Engineering, Procurement, and Production to ensure high-quality parts and services.

Responsibilities

  • Improve the issue ticket landscape as it pertains to our specific products
  • Dissect the issue ticket landscape and identify specific actions to improve vendor performance
  • Own the non-conformances that are found at vendors (Supplier Deviation Requests) and non-conformances found in production
  • Partner with the vendors to institute new processes or actions to reduce the amount of issues and reduce supply chain risk
  • Improve our existing quality management processes while working with vendors to improve their performance
  • Manage our containment, receiving, and precision inspection non-conformances, and find a path of resolution for the non-conformances that exist
  • Identify ways to enhance and update the variables surrounding these processes, to reduce the total issue ticket landscape
  • Create improvements within SpaceX’s supply base to facilitate a more stable supply chain
  • Provide technical support onsite at suppliers as appropriate to ensure part reliability
  • Work closely with Engineering, Procurement and Production teams to assure high quality parts and services that meet all requirements
  • Analyze quality metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic root causes
  • Partner with Supply Chain Reliability Engineers to eliminate recurring non-conformances and ensure part reliability, including supplier improvement plans
  • Review and assess supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems, including new supplier onboarding and audit evaluation
  • Provide feedback as appropriate on manufacturing methods and technologies during supplier product lifecycle
  • Execute supply chain non-conformance management processes, including SDR, MRB, RTV, CAPA, and production issue ticket review
  • Support containment actions associated with non-conforming product, including identification of product location, coordination with SREs to mitigate flight risk and drive root cause analysis
  • Cultivate network across SpaceX and build relationships with cross-functional groups to identify, reduce and eliminate impacts from vendor defects
  • Assist the team in developing policies, standards, processes, and documentation as necessary to ensure continued success

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or 3+ years of experience in an engineering, supply chain, manufacturing or quality field

Skills

Required:Bachelor's degree or 3+ years of experience in engineering/supply chain/qualityVendor quality managementNon-conformance management
Nice to have:Quality systems knowledge (AS9100 or similar)GD&T and engineering drawingsLean concepts and data analyticsMS Office proficiency
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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