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Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.\nMANAGER, SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING\nThis manager will lead Supplier Development Engineering for Starship pads and launch sites and for Falcon/Dragon flight hardware, including the non-flight hardware those programs depend on. The role owns the engineering organization that removes reliability risk before it reaches the launch site or the vehicle, builds a supply chain that scales with flight rate, and develops a vendor base that sustains process stability and part conformance.\nThe work sits at the intersection of design, manufacturing, and supply chain. Success depends on early technical influence: locking requirements that suppliers can build to, stabilizing supplier processes for quality, throughput, and delivery, and keeping downstream operations free of escaped risk and undue delay. The manager will set a clear reliability vision, align it with cross-functional leadership, and turn that vision into goals the team can execute quickly.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role. The manager will build and direct complex, multi-disciplinary teams, develop engineers from entry level through seasoned staff, and move ambiguous problems to a decision the team can act on. The position also carries program-level scope alongside Starship and Falcon leadership: shaping supply-base strategy, driving cost out of the chain, and standing up the processes that let non-flight and flight hardware scale with technical excellence.\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nPartner with other supply chain verticals, engineering leadership, and production management to find improvements, set a fast-operating cadence, and retire supply risk before it affects vehicle reliability.\nPartner directly with engineering and supply chain leadership to align design requirements, technical improvements, and simpler supply chain processes that remain reliable.\nSet strategic and tactical goals and lead the initiatives that meet production and engineering expectations.\nLead supply chain engineering teams against shared cost, quality, and delivery goals, and reset those goals as the program plan changes.\nSet the standards suppliers must meet for at-rate delivery and align those standards with supplier leadership.\nOwn execution from the time the part leaves the supplier until it arrives at the job site or specified production area.\nLead change management for supply chain so conforming parts are introduced on time and at rate.\nIdentify insource, outsource, and supplier-capacity options that protect rate.\nDrive the team to meet its deliverables and expectations and make decisions quickly when the work stalls.\nBuild reporting procedures and systems that show leadership and the team reliability progress, help needed, and opportunities for improvement.\nIdentify process, system, and training improvements that produce a measurable result, and delegate execution across the team.\nReview KPIs with the team and adjust initiatives to keep the work on plan.\nChampion cross-functional technical cost-reduction projects with sourcing leadership.\nResolve ambiguous issues without waiting for direction, using the resources the team already has.\nGive the team both a program-level and a part-level view of quality risk and lead the work that reduces that risk.\nBe the voice of this team with Falcon and Starship leadership, keep Supply Chain in the decisions that set program direction, and earn the trust that turns those priorities into committed work.\nBuild a team people compete to join: weekly one-on-ones with every direct report, and a development plan that stretches each person into the next level of the job.\nHire for this team with a high bar. Bring in people whose technical judgment and ownership will raise the standard for everyone around them.\nPrepare the next set of leads before you need them, keep the people you cannot afford to lose, and grow individual contributors until the team can carry the work without a single point of failure.\nMake collaboration, respect, transparency, straight problem solving, and integrity the way this team operates, and protect that standard when the pressure is highest.\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor's degree in an engineering discipline\n8+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:\nEngineering\nPurchasing\nContract negotiation\nMaterial or production planning\nOperations or supply chain management\nMaterial cost control\nMaster production scheduling\n3+ years of experience leading a team with direct reports\nPREFERRED SKILLS:\n8+ years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, technical procurement or supply chain management\nStrong technical understanding of MRP systems\nExperience with BOM management within TeamCenter\nExperience sourcing and managing medium-complexity machined components\nHighly-collaborative team player with impeccable attention to detail and strong verbal, written, and presentation skills\nExcellent problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting skills with a bias for speed without sacrificing quality\nAbility to develop and maintain strong relationships across disciplines\nAbility to work independently or collaboratively while managing multiple critical priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, loosely-structured environment\nAdvanced skills in MS Excel (ability to create pivot tables or macros, and analyze data)\nExperience with SQL and Power BI\nConducts all activities with the highest integrity\nADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:\nAbility to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral\nMust be able to travel - up to 60-85% work week travel may be required, including international travel\nMust be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones\nThis position is based in Cape Canaveral, FL, and requires being on-site - remote work not considered\nValid driver’s license\nITAR REQUIREMENTS:\nTo 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. 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