Sr. Supplier Development Engineer (Injection Molding)

The role

You will develop, drive, and maintain suppliers from initial concept to full scale production. You will ensure the quality, reliability, and scalability of user terminal manufacturing for Starlink products.

What you will do

• Improve quality, cost, delivery, and capacity metrics for injection molded parts
• Work on the development of new plastic injection tooling projects
• Research and identify new materials, manufacturing technologies, and finish options
• Review DFM from the supplier, including gating strategy, Moldflow, and Mold Warp analysis
• Review and approve prototype/development tool designs, and tooling maintenance procedures
• Direct tooling modifications and approve FAI and PPAP reports
• Collaborate with design, materials, and manufacturing engineers
• Support the procurement team to strategically source parts
• Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements
• Lead resolution of supplier quality issues through root cause analysis

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
• 5+ years of experience in injection molding process development, direct hands-on injection mold design and/or injection mold construction, or Mold Master

Nice to have

• Master's degree or PhD in mechanical engineering
• 10+ years of experience in injection molding process development, direct hands-on injection mold design and/or injection mold construction, or Mold Master
• Knowledge of metrology tools and techniques for measuring and characterizing injection molded parts
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods (design of experiments, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Experience with JMP plus
• Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GDT) principles and applications
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, time management, and organizational skills
• Ability to act quickly in a fast-moving and high-stress environment
• Experience with statistical process control (SPC), Six Sigma certification, or Lean manufacturing principles applied
• Proven track record of production ramp-up for high-volume electronics manufacturing, preferably in consumer electronics

About the company

SpaceX is developing a low latency, broadband internet system called Starlink. The company aims to enable human life on Mars.