Senior Supplier Development Engineer, Avionics

The role

You will define and implement supplier development strategies within the Supply Chain organization. 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 ability to execute manufacturing requirements.
• Manage Production Part Approval Process, rate, and reliability campaigns.
• Lead containments, issue ticket resolution, and supplier corrective action efforts.
• Evaluate supplier quality performance and drive improvements using scorecards and audits.
• Provide program leadership inputs to ensure product quality, delivery, and cost meet expectations.
• Interface with engineering, production, and procurement to define production roadmaps.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ 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. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.