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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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Global Supply Manager, Datacenter Switches and Optics (Starlink) is a critical role focused on managing end-to-end sourcing strategy, supplier management, and the delivery of advanced datacenter switches and optics ranging from 400G to 1.6T. Working within an AI infrastructure program, the individual will partner with engineers and silicon architects to define commodity roadmaps, establish approved vendor lists, and negotiate high-impact commercial agreements involving pricing, volume, and pre-production access. Day-to-day responsibilities include managing inventory, performing value engineering, and utilizing predictive analytics and AI-driven demand forecasting to mitigate supply chain risks. The role requires expertise in hardware procurement, networking architectures, ethernet switches, and optical transceivers. The candidate must navigate high-velocity environments to ensure lead-time compression and cost leadership while maintaining rigorous quality standards for training clusters within the fast-moving datacenter networking space.
Define commodity strategies, multi-year technology roadmaps, and approved vendor lists for datacenter switches and optics.
Manage end-to-end global sourcing including supplier qualification, dual-sourcing strategies, and lead-time compression.
Negotiate high-impact commercial agreements covering pricing, volume, co-development commitments, and priority allocation during shortages.
Deploy predictive analytics and demand forecasting tools to mitigate geopolitical, capacity, and technology transition risks.
Drive cost leadership through value engineering, should-cost modeling, and long-term pricing agreements.
Lead supplier innovation programs for custom form factors, power-efficient designs, and high-density optics.
Build a world-class supply base through strategic relationships and regular executive business reviews.
Establish and monitor weekly KPIs for cost, quality, speed, and supply chain resilience.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience in business, supply chain, or engineering.
Alternatively, must have 10+ years of experience in business, supply chain, or engineering.
Requires 5+ years of experience in global supply chain, procurement, sourcing, or commodity management for hardware, semiconductors, networking, or datacenter infrastructure.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for required export control authorizations.
Technical understanding of datacenter networking architectures, ethernet switches, optical transceivers, and high-speed interconnects is preferred.
Experience in hyperscale environments, networking OEMs, AI infrastructure companies, or semiconductor supply organizations is preferred.
Must possess strong negotiation, analytical, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed to support supplier relationships and projects.