Supplier Development Engineer, Manufacturing (Falcon & Dragon)
$100,000–$117,500 year
On-siteHawthorne, California, United States
Job Summary
Serve as the technical point of contact for assigned parts, solving emergent challenges at suppliers and mitigating risk to the manifest by addressing high-impact manufacturing and quality issues. Review problems to root cause, implement changes at the supplier or SpaceX, drive closure actions, and re-source to new suppliers where appropriate. Lead containment activities, create issue tickets, and work with engineering counterparts to execute required re-work, repair, or use-as-is dispositions. Conduct design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews to ensure parts are manufacturable, own new product introductions, and drive the production part approval process to ensure stable supply and improved delivery times. Partner with procurement to vet exceptional suppliers and manage the ramping of new parts or those undergoing drawing changes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
- 1+ years of experience with manufacturing and/or inspection of mechanical products in a production environment (including school projects, clubs, or internships)
- Ability to travel: up to 40-50% work week travel
- Ability to work extended hours, some nights and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones
- This position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite - remote work not considered
- Valid driver's license
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Desired Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with machining and ancillary operations such as milling, turning, drilling and cutting of materials
- Experience with interpreting engineering drawings, models, and application of GD&T principles
- Experience with assessing supplier technical capability both from an equipment, operations, and personnel perspective
- Knowledge of supplier quality processes (Production Part Approval Process, Advanced Product Quality Planning, First Article Inspection Reports, etc.)
- Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP) and MRP/ERP systems
- Disciplined approach to problem solving – i.e.8D
- Experience with 3D modeling/CAD software, and engineering drawing creation
- Experience with Pareto analysis, root cause, corrective action, and PFMEAs
- Proficient in SQL and PowerBI
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods (Minitab, design of experiments, Six Sigma, etc.)
- Ability to succinctly communicate status and needed actions, often urgently, to all levels of the organization
- Experience with sharing information and influencing others (strong written and verbal communication skills, able to liaise cross functionally, internally and externally, make presentations to team members and management)
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