Flight-Ready Hardware Delivery Engineer

Infleqtion; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

401(k) Matching Programs

Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance

Disability insurance (short/long-term)

Flexible Healthcare Savings Account

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid FMLA Leave

Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Infleqtion is seeking a Project Engineer to drive end-to-end hardware delivery for the QGG Pathfinder program, coordinating design release, procurement, supplier recovery, and handoff to AI&T. This role sits at the center of engineering, supply chain, program controls, and supplier execution.

The successful candidate will turn released designs into accountable hardware delivery plans, help the team see risks early, and partner across engineering, quality, procurement, suppliers, and program

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in project engineering, hardware program execution, supply chain engineering, or aerospace hardware delivery.
• Experience managing complex BOMs, released part data, drawing packages, procurement readiness, and configuration‑sensitive hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to work across engineering, quality, procurement, suppliers, and program management to recover schedule and resolve blockers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to brief risk, schedule, and supplier status clearly.

Responsibilities

• Own the QGG hardware delivery plan/schedule from design release through procurement, receiving, inspection, kitting, and AI&T handoff.
• Maintain BOM/MEL/PEL maturity, long-lead status, part-number discipline, procurement readiness, and product-tree traceability.
• Manage Engineering Assurance / engineering article status associated with partner proposal commitments, including action tracking and evidence collection.
• Serve as the primary program interface to supply chain for QGG hardware execution, supplier expediting, material shortages, recovery plans, and delivery risk burn-down.
• Work with subsystem IPT teams, AI&T, systems engineering, quality, and procurement to resolve part availability, substitution, configuration, and drawing-release issues.
• Track open commitments, supplier delivery dates, purchase-order status, inspection status, and material constraints against IMS and EAC/ETC needs.
• Drive design-to-procurement and procurement-to-build readiness reviews for high-risk and long-lead items, and come up with strategies to mitigate delays for high-risk parts.
• Support CAMs and program controls with cost-to-complete inputs, procurement variance explanations, and material-risk status.
• Create concise executive-level status for hardware delivery, material blockers, and supplier recovery actions.

Skills

End-to-end project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Supply chain experience

Documentation and reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

Arena

Oracle

Agile

Teamcenter

NetSuite

Job description

Infleqtion is seeking a Project Engineer to drive end-to-end hardware delivery for the QGG Pathfinder program, coordinating design release, procurement, supplier recovery, and handoff to AI&T. This role sits at the center of engineering, supply chain, program controls, and supplier execution.

The successful candidate will turn released designs into accountable hardware delivery plans, help the team see risks early, and partner across engineering, quality, procurement, suppliers, and program