Avionics Supplier Development Engineer - Equity & Growth

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision

Life insurance

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer, Avionics in Los Angeles to define supplier development strategies, and collaborate with engineering, manufacturing and procurement to mature suppliers into strategic partners for critical missions.

You will own ongoing supplier evaluation, drive process improvements, and lead cross-functional efforts to ensure quality, delivery, and cost targets are met in a fast-growing space hardware environment. Travel up to 25-50% is 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 25-50% of the time

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Supplier management

Quality systems

PPAP experience

Communication skills

Data analytics

SQL knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer, Avionics in Los Angeles to define supplier development strategies, and collaborate with engineering, manufacturing and procurement to mature suppliers into strategic partners for critical missions.

You will own ongoing supplier evaluation, drive process improvements, and lead cross-functional efforts to ensure quality, delivery, and cost targets are met in a fast-growing space hardware environment. Travel up to 25-50% is required.