About this role
- 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.
- 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.