Supplier Quality Specialist (Starship Supply Chain)

• ◆Improve the issue ticket landscape as it pertains to our specific products.
• ◆Dissect the issue ticket landscape, and identify specific actions to improve vendor performance.
• ◆Own the non-conformances found in production, triage lots, and drive corrective actions with vendors.
• ◆Partner with the vendors to institute new processes or actions to reduce the amount of issues and reduce supply chain risk.
• ◆Improve our existing quality management processes while working with vendors to improve their performance.
• ◆Manage our containment, receiving, and precision inspection non-conformances, and find a path of resolution for the non-conformances that exist. In parallel, identify ways to enhance and update the variables surrounding these processes, to reduce the total issue ticket landscape.
• ◆Create improvements within SpaceX’s supply base to facilitate a more stable supply chain.
• ◆Provide technical support onsite at suppliers as appropriate to ensure part reliability.
• ◆Work closely with engineering, procurement, and production teams to assure high quality parts and services that meet all requirements.
• ◆Analyze quality metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic root causes.
• ◆Partner with supply chain reliability engineers to eliminate recurring non-conformances and ensure part reliability, including supplier improvement plans.
• ◆Review and assess supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems, including new supplier onboarding and audit evaluation.
• ◆Provide feedback as appropriate on manufacturing methods and technologies during supplier product lifecycle.
• ◆Execute supply chain non-conformance management processes, including SDR, MRB, return to vendor (RTV), supplier corrective and preventive action (CAPA), and production issue ticket review.
• ◆Support containment actions associated with non-conforming products, including identification of product location, coordination with supply chain reliability engineers to mitigate flight risk and actions required to drive root cause analysis.
• ◆Cultivate network across SpaceX and build relationships with cross-functional groups to identify, reduce, and ultimately eliminate impacts from vendor defects.
• ◆Assist the team in developing policies, standards, processes, and documentation as necessary to ensure continued success.

• ✓High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• ✓Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain OR 2+ years of professional experience in engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, or quality field in lieu of a degree.

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain.
• ✓Experience with sharing information and influencing others. Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to liaise cross functionally, internally and externally, make presentations to team members and management.
• ✓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 (Part or Supplier Approval Processes, First Article Inspection Reports, etc.).
• ✓Direct experience interfacing with suppliers, corrective/ preventive action systems, supplier portals.
• ✓Experience in a supplier development capacity.
• ✓Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• ✓Proficiency with lean concepts and statistical and data analytics.

• ✓Position may involve extended hours and weekend work when needed to meet critical deadlines.
• ✓Must be able to travel - up to 25% work week travel.

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• ✓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, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .

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