Supplier Development Engineer, Avionics

The role

You will define and implement supplier development strategies. You will work with engineering, manufacturing, and procurement teams to grow and mature suppliers into strategic partners.

What you will do

• Assess supplier capabilities, technologies, and their ability to successfully execute manufacturing requirements.
• Manage Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), rate, and reliability campaigns to enable production.
• Lead containments, issue ticket resolution, and supplier corrective action efforts.
• Evaluate supplier quality performance and drive improvements, using scorecards and audits, to ensure compliance to quality standards.
• Provide program leadership necessary inputs to ensure that product quality, delivery, and cost achieve business and customer expectations.
• Interface with responsible engineering, production teams, and procurement to define production roadmaps aligned with company goals.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 3+ years in a quality, reliability, supply chain, or engineering role
• Strong understanding of quality standards and tools (ISO 9001, AS9100, PPAP)
• Experience managing vendors, suppliers, and strategic technical partners
• Ability to travel up to 25-50% of the time

Nice to have

• Expert level knowledge in avionics commodities such as harnessing and PCBs/PCBAs
• Knowledge of Lean concepts
• Experience in a new product introduction environment
• Experience in root cause and corrective action activities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with data analytics and SQL

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown. They are mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.