Manager, Supplier Development Engineering (Starship)

<div class="content-intro"><p>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&nbsp;enabling human life on Mars.</p></div><p><strong>MANAGER, SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING (STARSHIP)</strong></p> <p>This Manager will own the supplier development engineering function for the Starship program—building and leading a team of engineers responsible for proactively eliminating reliability risks, engineering a scalable supply chain, developing a technically excellent vendor base, and standing up reliable processes upstream to prevent downstream burden.</p> <p>This is a senior technical leadership role that requires proactive involvement and influence in aligning design, manufacturing, and supply chain requirements to ensure part conformance and process stability at Starship flight rate. We are looking for a candidate who can set and execute a multi-year supply chain reliability vision, grow and develop managers and individual contributors, identify and resolve systemic risk, and manage senior stakeholders across the Starship program. This role has a unique opportunity to drive program-wide initiatives alongside other Starship leaders, develop creative solutions to drive down cost across the supply base, and lead a high-performing organization to success.</p> <p>The candidate will develop and lead complex, multi-disciplinary organizations and projects and will be required to dive into ambiguous challenges with a bias towards action. This role requires someone who can create and execute a strategic organizational vision enabling Starship supply chain operations to scale with a high degree of excellence. The candidate will define high-level goals with alignment from cross-functional leadership, cascade those goals through managers and teams, and drive the organization to rapid execution.</p> <p><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Work cross-functionally with other supply chain verticals, engineering leadership, and production management to proactively identify improvement opportunities, implement agile processes, and drive strategic risk mitigation that improves Starship vehicle and engine reliability</li> <li>Partner autonomously with engineering and supply chain leadership to drive alignment on design requirements, technical improvements, and simplification of reliable supply chain processes</li> <li>Define strategic and tactical goals for the supplier development engineering organization and lead initiatives around those goals to ensure production and engineering stakeholder expectations are met</li> <li>Lead supply chain engineering teams to ensure alignment across cost, quality, and delivery goals, with a bias towards continuous improvement as the Starship program plan changes</li> <li>Develop standards and expectations to ensure at-rate delivery from suppliers, with strong alignment to leaders in the supply base</li> <li>Ensure end-to-end delivery execution from when the part leaves the supplier’s facility to when it arrives at its specified production area</li> <li>Facilitate change management on behalf of supply chain, and ensure on-time introduction of conforming parts at rate to support design and production changes</li> <li>Identify opportunities for insourcing or outsourcing part manufacturing in order to support rate (drive make vs. buy)</li> <li>Represent supplier development engineering in Starship program forums; ensure supply chain has a seat at the table and alignment with Starship program priorities by establishing trust with senior stakeholders</li> <li>Drive and motivate managers and teams to ensure all deliverables and expectations are met and executed, with quick decision-making</li> <li>Develop reporting procedures and systems to inform and align on reliability progress, help needed, and opportunitie