The posting
As a Global Supply Manager for Avionics at Impulse Space, you will own sourcing strategy and supplier execution for the electronic and electromechanical hardware that enables our spacecraft. Your scope will include electronic components and semiconductors, printed circuit boards and assemblies, harnesses, connectors, sensors, instrumentation, and related avionics hardware.
You will partner closely with engineering to influence component selection and sourcing decisions early in development, build strategic relationships with manufacturers and distributors, and ensure material availability supports program build schedules. This role requires technical fluency, strong commercial judgment, and hands-on ownership from supplier selection through hardware delivery.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute sourcing strategies for avionics hardware, balancing technical requirements, cost, quality, lead time, capacity, and long-term supply continuity.
- Develop strategic relationships with semiconductor manufacturers, component suppliers, authorized distributors, PCB fabricators, and electronics manufacturing partners.
- Partner with engineering before designs are finalized to evaluate component availability, manufacturer selection, lifecycle status, alternate sources, and cost and supply risks.
- Lead supplier selection, capability assessments, onboarding, competitive quoting, and negotiations for development and production hardware.
- Negotiate pricing, supply agreements, capacity and allocation commitments, nonrecurring engineering charges, and inventory arrangements that support program needs.
- Own supplier execution from purchase order placement through delivery, tracking material availability, manufacturing milestones, and recovery actions.
- Drive material readiness for assigned avionics assemblies, working with engineering, planning, and manufacturing partners to maintain BOM coverage, resolve shortages, and support clear-to-build reviews.
- Develop strategies for constrained and long-lead components, including demand consolidation, advance purchasing, approved alternatives, and supplier escalation.
- Establish turnkey, consigned, and hybrid sourcing arrangements with contract manufacturers, including clear ownership of component procurement, inventory reconciliation, and excess and obsolete material exposure.
- Partner with engineering and quality to resolve supplier technical issues, nonconformances, rework, and recurring performance problems.
- Maintain accurate purchasing and supplier data in ERP/MRP systems, improve procurement processes, and mentor teammates on electronics sourcing and supplier management.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of relevant experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or engineering, including direct ownership of electronics commodities and supplier relationships.
- Demonstrated experience sourcing electronic components and semiconductors through manufacturers and distribution channels.
- Experience managing PCB/PCBA manufacturing partners or suppliers of complex electronic and electromechanical assemblies.
- Proven success negotiating commercial agreements and improving supplier cost, delivery, capacity, or material availability.
- Experience working directly with engineering to inform component selection, evaluate alternatives, and address sourcing risks during product development.
- Working knowledge of electrical BOMs, component specifications, and electronics manufacturing processes.
- Experience managing shortages, supplier escalations, engineering changes, and material readiness against demanding build schedules.
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems and data analysis to manage purchasing, inventory exposure, and supplier performance.
- Strong ownership, cross-functional communication, and the ability to independently drive complex issues to resolution.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Electronics sourcing experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer electronics, or electronics manufacturing services.
- Established relationships with semiconductor manufacturers, authorized distributors, and electronics contract manufacturers.
- Experience sourcing microcontrollers, processors, FPGAs, memory, power management devices, analog components, passives, and connectors.
- Experience securing component allocations and negotiating direct purchasing agreements, long-term supply agreements, and distributor inventory programs.
- Experience evaluating component lifecycle, product change notices, end-of-life notifications, and alternate source qualification.
- Experience with PCB fabrication, SMT assembly, box builds, harness manufacturing, and associated inspection and test processes.
- Familiarity with high-reliability electronics requirements, component traceability, counterfeit avoidance, and applicable IPC and aerospace quality standards.
- Experience implementing supplier forecasts, inventory programs, EDI integrations, or procurement dashboards that improve supply visibility and execution.
- Experience developing commodity strategies, cost models, and supplier capacity plans across development and production.
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
