Supplier Development Engineer, Materials & Metals (Starship)

The role

You will be the technical owner for materials and metals at suppliers for Starship. You will manage raw material, processing, and special processes from new product development through stable production.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical point of contact for materials commodities and processes
• Own development of raw-material commodities and related products
• Solve emergent supplier issues that threaten the manifest
• Lead containment on materials and process escapes
• Get to root cause on materials and processing issues
• Create and disposition issue tickets with engineering counterparts
• Drive requirement and drawing changes
• Partner with procurement to find and assess capable suppliers
• Review supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems
• Be the supply-chain owner for materials- and process-related defects

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering, metallurgy, or metallurgical engineering
• 1+ years of experience with R&D, manufacturing, or processing engineering role
• Ability to travel: up to 40-50% work week travel
• Valid driver’s license

Nice to have

• Experience with manufacturing, raw materials, special processes, castings, forgings, or sheet metal
• Experience with assessing supplier technical capability from an equipment, operations, and personnel perspective
• Knowledge of supplier quality processes (PPAP, APQP, FAIR, etc.)
• Disciplined approach to problem solving (8D, Pareto, root cause, corrective action, PFMEA, etc.)
• Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000//AS9100)
• Knowledge of lean concepts and statistical methods (Minitab, DOE, Six Sigma)
• Ability to clearly communicate with all levels of the organization
• Ability to influence across functions, internally and at the supplier

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 leave

Before you apply

• 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 eligibl

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company 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.