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 SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER – SUPPLIER INSPECTION PROGRAMS
The Supply Chain team is responsible for the sourcing, planning, procurement, warehousing, and transportation of all raw materials and components needed to build our revolutionary spacecraft and launch vehicles. Our mission is to get the right part in the right place at the right time, every time.
The Supplier Inspection Programs team works in the Supply Chain Reliability organization and is charged with catching supplier defects before they leave the supplier. Supplier Inspection Programs looks to do this as efficiently and effectively as possible, and leverages it’s presence at suppliers to support additional supplier monitoring activities.
As a Supplier Development Engineer – Supplier Inspection Programs, you would join a team of engineers/specialists, and SpaceX and third party field inspectors, ensuring product purchased from suppliers meets SpaceX technical and production requirements prior to shipping to SpaceX. You would lead efforts to increase team effectiveness, reduce quality escapes, improve team efficiency, and reduce overall SpaceX cost. You would be responsible to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement, and work with team members to lead the resulting projects to completion. As Supplier Inspection Program activities support all areas of SpaceX, you would build an extensive network within design engineering, build reliability, production, and supply chain management, and a deep understanding of SpaceX systems and processes. This experience would enable you to become a critical voice in the development of group and company strategy.
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