International Infrastructure Operations Specialist (Starlink)

The role

You will cultivate strategic partnerships with ground infrastructure suppliers to identify, deliver, and operate Starlink's ground infrastructure. This includes managing global antenna ground stations and datacenter points of presence.

What you will do

• Find and establish regional and global supplier partnerships to acquire, build, expand, and operate ground infrastructure
• Execute long-term agreements with major suppliers by negotiating creative and flexible contracts
• Ensure procurement and delivery of regional ground infrastructure is completed on time and on or under budget
• Meet aggressive targets for spend, suppliers, speed, and quality
• Cultivate regional business, cultural, technical, and regulatory expertise to ensure infrastructure health and reliability
• Drive improvement, standardization, and scalability of planning processes, workflows, tools, and resources

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or 2+ years of experience working in one or more of the following fields: Hardware or product management, Engineering, Procurement, Supply chain management, Strategy and operations,
• Must be willing to work long hours and occasional weekends when necessary to support launch and critical project timelines
• Willingness to travel to domestic and international infrastructure locations

Nice to have

• Experience managing an international supplier base or working internationally
• Self-starting, able to identify areas for improvement with minimal direction
• Experience in managing technical or construction projects from beginning to end
• Ability to tackle complex and ambiguous problems
• Excellent project management, communication, and organizational skills
• Development experience in Python, C# or other object-oriented language
• Experience or interest in data analysis, data visualization, and/or financial analysis
• Demonstrates commitment to SpaceX’s goals of reusability, renewability, and sustainability

Benefits

• Company stock 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 for Washington State employees
• Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX 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 was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.