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SpaceX

Supplier Development Engineer, Mechanical (Starlink)

SpaceX

Published 11 May 2026
Bastrop, TX
Full Time

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Key skills

System Design
Mechanical Engineering
Research
Optimization
Statistics
3D
CAD

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

Flow

Description

The role involves managing and developing suppliers for mechanical components throughout the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept to full-scale production. The engineer will analyze manufacturing processes and machinery using a physics-based approach to ensure high-rate and high-yield production. Responsibilities include leading design of experiments, performing root cause analysis on defects, and reviewing design for manufacturing documentation. The position requires close collaboration with internal engineering teams and external suppliers to optimize supply chain strategies and production goals. Additionally, the role entails defining technical quality requirements and approving inspection reports to ensure parts meet system-level specifications.

Required Qualifications and Skills

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and at least one year of professional experience in mechanical design and analysis. Candidates must possess hands-on project experience with complex mechanical systems. A Master's degree in mechanical engineering is preferred. Applicants must meet U.S. government export regulation requirements to be considered.

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SpaceX

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13529

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HQ

Hawthorne, US

Description

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the worlds most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.

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