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K2 Space Corporation · 1 month ago

Electrical Engineering Supply Chain Lead

Los Angeles

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $140K/yr

5+ years exp

K2 Space is building large, high-powered spacecraft for the next generation of space development. The Electrical Engineering Supply Chain Lead will manage and optimize the end-to-end supply chain process, ensuring efficient movement of materials and products while maintaining cost effectiveness and high-quality standards.

AerospaceMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingSpace Travel

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Source electrical hardware across the satellite often on expedited lead times including commodities such as: Sensors, PCBs, PCBAs, Harness assemblies, Connectors, Wire, Integrated Circuits, SMD components

Negotiate costs on electrical components

Provide design for manufacturability feedback for new electrical designs

Manage Bill of Materials for electrical assemblies and consumables

Lead Clear to Builds with engineering to ensure assembly milestones are completed to hit critical company deadlines

Develop long term forecasting and analytics tools to set up full scale satellite production for success

Develop and manage supplier base to support ongoing development across satellites subsystems from NPI through production phases

Act as the primary interface between suppliers and internal customers including: supplier onboarding, evaluation, negotiation, and project management

Source high complexity commodities to find multiple long term paths to secure supply for critical electrical assemblies

Qualification

Supply Chain ManagementTechnical ProcurementVendor ManagementQuality Control PracticesBill of Materials ManagementSupplier DevelopmentSpace ElectronicsCross-Functional CollaborationNegotiation SkillsLeadership Experience