Sourcing Specialist, Mechanical & Optical Commodities (Starlink)

The role

You will manage sourcing across mechanical and optical commodities used on Starlink Satellites. You will develop supply bases, drive supplier negotiations, and partner with engineering teams to support product development and production.

What you will do

• Develop and manage domestic and international supply base
• Work with key suppliers to implement sourcing and cost management strategies
• Own supply continuity, capacity planning, and production readiness
• Drive supplier negotiations including pricing, LTAs, capacity investments, lead times, and commercial terms
• Monitor global industry trends and partner with design teams
• Partner with engineering teams to support NPI, design changes, and production transitions
• Build and maintain sourcing strategies
• Lead executive-level supplier escalations and recovery efforts
• Develop risk assessments, mitigation plans, and production recovery strategies
• Monitor and improve supplier performance

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of experience working in purchasing, procurement, material planning, production planning, supply chain management, or engineering
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
• Ability to travel and communicate outside of work hours
• Ability to travel: up to 30% of work week
• Must be able to work onsite in Redmond, WA

Nice to have

• 3+ years of procurement experience in direct commodity sourcing
• Technical procurement or planning experience with machined, optical, or photonic components
• Experience in new product introduction (NPI) and mass production (MP)
• Experience reading technical drawings, data sheets, fabrication drawing, BOMs and all related files
• Drive piece price and tooling negotiation process
• Address all areas of category management
• Proven track record of taking ownership, successfully negotiating preferred pricing, and driving results
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

Benefits

• Company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an 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 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law
• Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the Redmond office Monday to Friday

Before you apply

• 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, o

About the company

SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make human life on Mars possible. The Starlink team is deploying the world’s largest satellite constellation and most advanced broadband internet system.