Supply Chain Planner - PCB, Starlink
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Junior
Bachelor's
Bastrop, TX, USA
In PersonBased onsite in Bastrop, TX; remote work is not considered. Travel up to 10% of the work week, including international, may be required.
Operations & LogisticsSupply Chain Management
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree and at least one year of experience in engineering, purchasing, contract negotiation, material or production planning, operations or supply chain management, material cost control, or master production scheduling; alternatively, at least three years of experience in one or more of these areas in lieu of a degree.
- Must be able to travel, with up to 10% of the work week potentially required, including international travel.
- Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed.
- Must work onsite in Bastrop, Texas; remote work is not considered.
- Must meet U.S. export authorization eligibility: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate and audited bills of materials in material requirements planning systems for printed circuit boards, printed circuit board assemblies, and electronic subassemblies in preparation for satellite and subassembly rate production.
- Aggregate overall demand for printed circuit boards, printed circuit board assemblies, and related electronic hardware to produce an accurate demand signal that supports rate production.
- Establish and manage inventory level targets, review line-of-balance information, align demand and supply signals and allocations, maintain product master data, and develop expertise in company software, systems, and reporting tools.
- Identify and mitigate supply continuity risks by constructing and executing a supply plan that meets quality standards and production deadlines, including plans for long-lead board materials, fabrication and assembly capacity constraints, and component availability.
- Develop expertise in material requirements planning, triage planning signals, understand the planning matrix, and educate supported teams on proper use of material requirements planning and its business benefits.
- Coordinate with engineering, production, quality, and sourcing organizations to determine change cut-in, reduce obsolescence of board-level material, and reduce or eliminate quality issues.
- Partner with internal stakeholders, including procurement and sourcing, on advanced supply chain risk-mitigation strategies such as long-term supply coverage, strategic safety stock, and readiness for prototype builds through ramp and mass production.
- Ensure manufacturing and the broader supply chain are prepared to support prototype, pilot, and rate builds with the appropriate material plan, timing, and quantities.
- Proactively manage inventory, prevent stock-outs, and optimize use of company working capital.
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to achieve business objectives.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, government regulations, and laws.
- Proactively update company leadership and engineering teams on critical printed circuit board and printed circuit board assembly supply issues, shortages, and recovery plans.
- Analyze supply chain data and report on material requirements planning health metrics and their relationship to business goals; implement analytical tools and dashboards to improve visibility of board-level supply performance.
Desired Qualifications
- Technical knowledge of printed circuit boards, printed circuit board assemblies, electronic components, or board-level commodities, including fabrication, assembly, or related manufacturing.
- Experience planning or supporting production for electronic hardware, multitier bills of materials, and work orders.
- Proven success working on cross-functional new product introduction projects and production ramps.
- Familiarity with enterprise resource planning systems and purchasing or planning functions.
- Experience with SQL.
- Experience with Power BI.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and Project, including pivot tables or macros and data analysis.
- Experience reading datasheets, drawings, and blueprints.
- APICS certification.
- Lean Six Sigma certification.
About the company
SpaceX builds and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft for NASA, the military, and companies, and it runs Starlink, a satellite internet service for homes and businesses. In 2020, its Dragon capsule became the first privately built spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Falcon 9 rocket lands its first stage so the booster can fly again, which cuts launch costs, while Starlink beams internet from low-orbit satellites to small dishes for a monthly fee. SpaceX also owns xAI, maker of the Grok chatbot and owner of the social network X, and is building Starship, a fully reusable rocket meant to carry people to the Moon and Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it is based in Starbase, Texas.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Starbase, Texas
Founded
2002
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Starlink demand keeps compounding: subscribers doubled to 12 million in the year to June 2026.
- Room to grow: SpaceX listed 2,693 open roles in October 2026, over a third of them for Starlink.
- Rivals rent its AI supercomputers: Claude maker Anthropic agreed in May 2026 to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion a month.
What critics are saying
- Stock grants swing hard: shares closed between $108 and $211 in the four months after the June 2026 IPO.
- Expect long weeks: 1,724 of SpaceX's 2,693 job posts in October 2026 mention extended hours and weekend work.
- AI spending outruns sales: SpaceX put $15.8 billion into AI data centers in the June 2026 quarter, double its revenue.
What makes SpaceX unique
- SpaceX is the world's busiest launcher by far: its 165 orbital launches in 2025 were nearly double China's total.
- Starlink carries the profits: it earned $1.7 billion in the June 2026 quarter, while rockets and AI lost $1.8 billion.
- Elon Musk has the final say: super-voting shares give him about 82% of shareholder votes after the June 2026 IPO.
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