SpaceX Starlink
Sr. Supplier Development Engineer, Data Center (Starlink)
Bastrop, TX · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 hours ago
AirflowData AnalysisSEMSupply ChainProcurementThermal AnalysisMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignMicroscopy
About the role
- This is a high-profile, cross functional position that plays an integral role in enabling development and production of data centers.
Responsibilities
- Ability to own complex rack-level solutions, system-level design decisions across mechanical, electrical, power, thermal, networking, and software integration domains.
- Lead the integration of Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) principles into data center strategy and architecture, ensuring resilient, high-performing infrastructure that consistently delivers maximum uptime and operational continuity.
- Experience in rack-level solution design and integration, switch/server experience, including compute (CPU-GPU), storage, or networking hardware integration.
- Provide deep technical guidance on rack infrastructure including power distribution units (PDUs), cooling systems, airflow design, and high-density compute integration.
- Apply reliability methods and thermal engineering, mechanical engineering and electronics to design accelerated test plans for design validation, burn-in testing, environmental stress screening (ESS), and ongoing reliability testing (ORT).
- Facilitate and lead design FMEA sessions to assess hardware risks, determine validation test plans and drive reliable design choices.
- Develop hardware qualification criteria, collaborate on functional and reliability requirements, and drive system-level optimization for high-volume installation.
- Collaborate with design, materials, and infrastructure engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of hardware components and drive root cause corrective action with suppliers.
- Support the procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems.
- Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements based on reliability lessons learned to enable continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering or related field.
- Minimum 2+ years of experience in data center hardware design, integration, or manufacturing.
- Proficiency in statistical data analysis including DOE, significance testing, sample sizes and confidence level using statistical tools such as JMP and Python.
- Must be willing to work long hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
- Ability to travel: Up to 30% of work week travel may be required
Skills
- Master's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering or related field.
- 7+ years of experience focused on hyperscale or large-scale data center development and execution of complex rack solutions.
- Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, FIB, X-ray, cross-sectioning and EDX.
- Experience in thermal analysis and data center cooling systems.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen or national, (ii) U
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