Staff Supplier Development Engineer

About the Team:

The mission of the Engine Manufacturing department is to deliver high-performing products and innovative manufacturing systems while driving continuous improvements in cost, quality, and lead time. Through cross-functional collaboration, high levels of accountability, and a focus on safety we play a crucial role in building our reusable rocket, Terran-R. We are responsible for providing design feedback on new hardware iterations, pioneering and implementing advanced manufacturing methods and systems, and ultimately delivering engine and vehicle hardware for testing prior to launch. Over the past year, the Engine Manufacturing Team has successfully developed, iterated, and delivered processes and hardware for the first Aeon-R development engines. Now, we are entering a critical phase: producing flight engines that will pave the way for Terran-R's inaugural launch to orbit.

About the Role:

The Supply Chain Team and Manufacturing Engineering Team are looking for a Supplier Development Engineer to help build a robust machine shop supply base. As a technical contributor you will set the standard on how we evaluate suppliers' capabilities, advise them on how they can improve their systems to meet Relativities needs, and be the technical interface between the suppliers and Relativity.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop Supply Base:

• Evaluate suppliers' capabilities by identifying proposed suppliers core competencies

• Advise supply chain management team on core competencies

• Develop Individual suppliers:

• Assist suppliers in their development of their systems (MRP, QMS, Calibration, etc.) to meet Relativities requirements

• Provide technical expertise to supplier to help the solve machining problems, reduce defects, reduce cycle times,

• Supports supplier score card evaluations

• Tactical Problem Solving:

• Lead initiative to solve tactical quality and delivery problems at suppliers

• Technical interface between supply base and relativity

• Interface between relativity technical team (REs, Prop MEs, QI, etc.) on DFM ideas.

• Communicate to upstream process that are causing supplier issues, help resolve supplier's ambiguity in design intent / definition and help resolve difference in inspection process variation between suppliers' inspection and relativity inspection.

About You:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in machining
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or Supply Chain
• Excellent critical and analytical thinking, verbal and written communication skills

Nice to haves but not required:

• Proven track record in conducting supplier evaluations and managing supplier quality
• Strong knowledge of supplier evaluation techniques, including audit methodologies and risk assessment tools