Full-Time
Sourcing Manager
Posted on 4/28/2026
SpaceX
10,001+ employees
Designs, manufactures, and launches rockets
No salary listed
No H1B Sponsorship
Austin, TX, USA
In Person
Must be onsite in Austin; hybrid/remote not allowed; travel up to 20%.
US Citizenship Required
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- Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience working in one or more of the following: Engineering; Purchasing; Contract negotiation; Material or production planning; Operations or supply chain management; Material cost control
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
- Ability to communicate outside of work hours
- Must be able to travel - up to 20% work week travel may be required
- This position is based in Austin, TX, and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered
- ITAR Requirements: To 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.
- Strategy/Sourcing: Create sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department including but not limited to payment terms, cash targets, and cost savings
- Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain key internal stakeholder relationships to create strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services that support business unit requirements to maintain continuous cost reduction programs for controllable expenditures. Communicate, manage, and drive compliance to category strategies. Provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
- Change Management: Successfully partner across functions and with senior internal stakeholders and external suppliers to drive results, influence others and facilitate change management across the company
- Analysis: Responsible for advanced quantitative analysis to identify financial impacts of decisions and performance for category managed. Perform business process analysis and develop models to improve cost Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers and measure the appropriate criteria, such as delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality, and timeliness of delivery
- Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories
- Contract Management: Responsible for authoring contract documents with the Legal Department. Management of contracts ensuring performance of the supplier to contract obligations. Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret the application of contracts to business needs
- Negotiations: Utilize negotiations to maximize value and cost savings benefits while lowering risk
- Supplier Management: Manage preferred suppliers for assigned category. Create and implement related management programs to develop, continuously improve, manage the performance of, and monitor KPIs of the supply base
- Tactical Purchasing - Place purchase orders and resolve blocked invoices related to assigned categories
- Performs assignments independently with instruction limited to the results expected
- Efficiency: Develop and lead efforts to reduce the number of transactions for assigned categories
- Experience in a purchasing or supply chain role
- Technical skills in current technologies and applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, SQL, PowerBI)
- Experience with Construction, Facilities or Contingent Labor
- Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
- Remarkable problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize appropriately to meet internal customer and company needs
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to communicate with all levels of internal personnel
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
- Ability to conduct all activities with the highest integrity
SpaceX designs, builds, and launches rockets and spacecraft for government and commercial customers, using reusable first stages to cut costs. Its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy recover their boosters to enable rapid reuse, while Dragon transports cargo and crew to the International Space Station. Starlink operates a satellite internet constellation to provide global broadband coverage. It earns revenue from launches and merchandise, with the broader goal of making space travel cheaper and, over time, enabling human life on other planets and expanding global internet access.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
Late Stage VC
Total Funding
$11B
Headquarters
Starbase, Texas
Founded
2002
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Starlink reached 12 million customers across more than 160 countries.
- Third-generation satellites expand capacity tenfold and improve enterprise monetization.
- Google's reported monthly Starlink cloud deal validates infrastructure demand beyond consumer broadband.
What critics are saying
- Starship failures would delay Mars plans and Starlink deployment capacity.
- Heavy dependence on NASA and government contracts exposes SpaceX to policy shocks.
- Musk's 82% voting control concentrates governance and reputational risk around one person.
What makes SpaceX unique
- Falcon 9 reflight made SpaceX the launch-cost leader in orbital missions.
- Starlink turned SpaceX into a satellite-internet operator with global reach.
- Starship aims to unlock Mars transport and massive payload capacity.
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↑ 0%SpaceX has secured a $4.16 billion contract from the U.S. Space Force to build a satellite network for detecting and tracking airborne threats from orbit. The award gives Elon Musk's company a central role in the Space Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator programme, designed to provide persistent tracking of aircraft and missiles worldwide. The contract follows a separate $2.29 billion Space Force award earlier this week for military satellite communications, bringing SpaceX's newly announced government contracts to approximately $6.45 billion. The deals underscore SpaceX's transformation from commercial launch provider to major defence contractor as the company pursues potential growth beyond its launch and Starlink businesses. The SB-AMTI system is expected to deploy an initial satellite constellation by 2028, providing military commanders enhanced battlespace awareness in contested environments.
Anthropic has agreed to pay SpaceX nearly $45 billion over three years for computing resources to support its Claude AI software, according to SpaceX's initial public offering paperwork. The deal involves monthly payments of $1.25 billion through May 2029, with reduced fees during the initial ramp-up period. The arrangement grants Anthropic access to over 300 megawatts of computing capacity from SpaceX's Colossus 1 data centre in Memphis, Tennessee, which houses more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs. Anthropic has expanded the agreement to include Colossus 2, with plans to scale up Nvidia GB200 capacity throughout June. The partnership represents a significant boost for SpaceX, whose annual revenue currently sits around $18 billion. SpaceX indicated it expects to enter additional similar services contracts leveraging unused compute capacity.
Singapore Airlines picks Starlink for free inflight Wi-Fi. Singapore Airlines has selected Starlink as its next-generation inflight Wi-Fi provider, with installations beginning in Q1 2027. Free access will be available to all passengers in eligible cabins, with one small hoop for those in premium economy and economy. Two caveats are worth noting. The rollout takes nearly three years to complete, and a sizeable chunk of the fleet is excluded entirely. What was announced. Singapore Airlines confirmed on May 4, 2026 that it has selected SpaceX's Starlink to deliver inflight connectivity at speeds of up to 1 Gbps per antenna. That's an order of magnitude faster than the satellite connections most carriers offer today, and it puts the airline in the same bucket as American, United, Emirates, and Lufthansa Group, all of which have signed Starlink deals. Installations begin in Q1 2027 and are expected to wrap up by the end of 2029. The total fleet getting the upgrade is around 53 aircraft, which works out to roughly one-third of the airline's total passenger fleet. Which aircraft gets Starlink. Starlink installations are concentrated on Singapore Airlines' long-haul Airbus fleet. Three aircraft types are in scope: * Airbus A350-900 Long Haul: 34 aircraft * Airbus A350-900 Ultra Long Range: seven aircraft * Airbus A380-800: 12 aircraft Most transpacific flights from Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), New York (JFK), and Newark (EWR) are operated by an A350-900 Ultra Long Range, and all seven of those aircraft are in scope. The A380 still runs on a handful of premium routes, including the Frankfurt to New York fifth-freedom flight. Excluded aircraft are just as notable: * Airbus A350-900 Medium Haul: 24 aircraft * Boeing 777-300ER: 22 aircraft * Boeing 787-10: 28 aircraft * Boeing 737-8 MAX: 21 aircraft That's nearly 100 aircraft that won't see Starlink at all, including most of the regional and intra-Asia fleet. If your itinerary includes a Boeing 787-10 or 777-300ER segment, you'll be on the existing connectivity setup well past 2029. Who gets it for free. For premium economy and economy passengers, free access requires a KrisFlyer membership. KrisFlyer is free to join and signing up takes a couple of minutes, so this isn't a real barrier. It's worth doing before you fly anyway, since you'll also earn redeemable miles on the flight. Where's the catch. Two things take the shine off this announcement. First, the rollout takes almost three years, which is unusually slow for a Starlink deployment compared to other carriers that have moved faster on similar installs. Second, only about a third of the fleet is included. The Boeing 787-10, 777-300ER, and 737-8 MAX collectively handle most of Singapore Airlines' regional and medium-haul flying, and none of those flights will see Starlink under this program. How Canadians can reach a starlink-equipped flight. Most Canadians who fly Singapore Airlines do so via Aeroplan, which lets you book Singapore Airlines as a Star Alliance partner. The airline no longer flies to Vancouver, so you'll connect through a US gateway like Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Newark (EWR), or New York (JFK). Those transpacific flights are exactly the routes that get Starlink. The Airbus A350-900 Ultra Long Range operates Singapore Airlines' longest services, including the world's longest scheduled flight from Singapore to Newark, and all seven of those aircraft are covered. For Canadians collecting KrisFlyer miles via Marriott Bonvoy at 3:1, the Wi-Fi access is automatic when booking in Suites, first class, or business class. For premium economy or economy, sign up for KrisFlyer (it's free) before your flight and you're set. Conclusion. Personally, I'm a huge fan of fast inflight Wi-Fi. Once Starlink rolls out, I'd happily pick a Starlink-equipped A350 or A380 over a Boeing-operated alternative, even if the schedule is a bit less convenient. Being productive on an ultra-long-haul flight is a different experience entirely with proper bandwidth. If you're flying Singapore Airlines on a transpacific or transatlantic A350 Ultra Long Range or A380 sometime after Q1 2027, this is good news. You'll get fast, free Starlink connectivity, and the KrisFlyer signup requirement for economy is a non-issue. Just don't expect the same on a regional flight or a Boeing-operated route any time soon. The slow timeline and limited fleet coverage mean Singapore Airlines is bringing Starlink to a smaller slice of its flying than the headline announcement suggests. First-year value Monthly fee: $15.99 Welcome bonus 15,000 Membership Rewards points - Earn 1,250 points per month upon spending $750 per month for 12 months Earning rates 5xGroceries 5xDining 5xFood Delivery 3xStreaming 2xTransit 2xRideshare 2xGas 2xTravel 1xEverything Else * Transfer to airline and hotel partners
SpaceX successfully test-fired its Starship Version 3 vehicle this week, marking significant progress towards the rocket's 12th test flight targeted for early or mid-May. The upgraded spacecraft fired its six Raptor engines on a test stand in South Texas, followed by a 33-engine static fire of its Super Heavy booster directly on the launch pad, creating the most powerful rocket booster ever fired. Starship V3 features higher-thrust Raptor engines and increased size compared to previous versions. The upgrades are crucial for demonstrating in-orbit refueling capabilities needed to transform Starship into a human-rated Moon lander for NASA's Artemis programme. Meanwhile, Blue Origin is preparing to launch its third New Glenn rocket on 19 April from Cape Canaveral, using a reused booster for the first time.
SpaceX is targeting a valuation exceeding $2 trillion for its planned IPO later this year, which would surpass Tesla's current market capitalisation and make it the highest-valued IPO ever. SpaceX operates three businesses with significant growth potential. Starlink, its satellite internet service, has over 3 million subscribers and generated $8 billion in earnings last year. The company dominates commercial rocket launches, serving NASA and the US Department of Defence, whilst pursuing Mars colonisation. Musk recently merged his AI company xAI with SpaceX, aiming to develop space-based AI powered by solar energy. However, Tesla remains more financially mature, generating $6.2 billion in free cash flow last year despite facing electric vehicle market challenges. SpaceX's lofty valuation may be harder to justify on fundamental grounds.