Supplier Quality Specialist (Starship)

The role

This person will manage tactical supplier quality activities to reduce supply chain risk. They will work with vendors to resolve non-conformances and improve manufacturing processes.

What you will do

• Improve the issue ticket landscape for specific products
• Identify actions to improve vendor performance
• Own non-conformances found at vendors and in production
• Partner with vendors to institute new processes to reduce supply chain risk
• Improve existing quality management processes
• Manage containment, receiving, and precision inspection non-conformances
• Provide technical support onsite at suppliers
• Work with Engineering, Procurement and Production teams to assure high quality parts
• Analyze quality metrics to identify trends and root causes
• Review and assess supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 3+ years of experience in an engineering, supply chain, manufacturing or quality field
• Must be able to travel - up to 25% work week travel
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain
• Experience with sharing information and influencing others
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and technical requirements
• Deep technical domain experience in one or more commodity types, such as machined, avionics, or composite parts
• Experience reading engineering drawings, including Geometric Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T)
• Experience with AS9100 or similar quality management system standard
• Knowledge of supplier quality processes
• Direct experience interfacing with suppliers, corrective/ preventive action systems, supplier portals
• Experience in a supplier development capacity

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company was founded on the belief that a future where humanity explores the stars is more exciting than one where we are not.