SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.
About the role
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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- Contract negotiation
- Material or production planning
- Operations or supply chain management
More about this role
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.
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.
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...
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