Senior Avionics Supplier Development Engineer – Equity

K2Spacecorporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

K2 Space is hiring a Supplier Development Engineer, Avionics, within the Supply Chain team in Los Angeles. You will define and implement supplier development strategies, partnering with engineering, manufacturing, and procurement to mature suppliers into strategic partners for mission-critical work.

The role emphasizes continuous supplier evaluation, process improvements, and close collaboration to meet quality, delivery, and cost targets across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years in a quality, reliability, supply chain, or engineering role.
• Ability to travel up to 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 input 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

Quality systems

Vendor management

Program leadership

Communication skills

Commodity management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PPAP

ISO 9001

AS9100

Job description

K2 Space is hiring a Supplier Development Engineer, Avionics, within the Supply Chain team in Los Angeles. You will define and implement supplier development strategies, partnering with engineering, manufacturing, and procurement to mature suppliers into strategic partners for mission-critical work.

The role emphasizes continuous supplier evaluation, process improvements, and close collaboration to meet quality, delivery, and cost targets across programs.