Senior Satellite Hardware Supply Chain Lead - Unlimited PTO

Reflect Orbital; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement plan (401K)

Unlimited PTO

Healthy lunches provided

Job summary

Reflect Orbital is seeking a Senior Technical Supply Chain Manager, Satellite Hardware to own sourcing, planning, purchasing, and fulfillment for the hardware going into our satellites. This hands‑on role is embedded with engineering and manufacturing, driving RFQs, long‑lead item management, POs, and material‑readiness for flight builds.

You will build the operating system for supply chain, manage supplier relationships, and balance speed, cost, and program risk while translating technical

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical sourcing, hardware supply chain, or NPI for complex hardware.
• Owned direct supply chain for flight hardware or high‑reliability hardware.
• Able to read drawings, BOMs, specs, tolerances, and supplier quotes to identify risks.
• Personally ran RFQs, qualified suppliers, negotiated quotes, placed POs, tracked delivery.
• Understands material planning: long‑lead tracking, inventory, shortage management, MRP/ERP.
• Can work strategically and tactically, building supplier strategies and chasing parts.
• Communicates crisply with engineers, suppliers, leadership, and finance.
• Strong spreadsheet/data skills; experience with ERP/MRP, SQL, PowerBI or AI tools.
• Bonus: satellite hardware, ITAR/EAR, aerospace manufacturing, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Own direct supply chain for satellite flight hardware from prototype to production: sourcing, planning, purchasing, and fulfillment.
• Build and maintain material plans per spacecraft, including long‑lead items, critical-path parts, BOM readiness and inventory status.
• Source and qualify suppliers for custom and COTS satellite hardware across structures, avionics, harnesses, PCBAs, and other flight‑critical components.
• Translate drawings/SPECs/build schedules into RFQ packages; compare suppliers on cost, lead time, quality, capacity and fit.
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, payment terms, expedite options, and production capacity with program risk in mind.
• Place and manage POs, track open orders, resolve blockers, and ensure timely delivery for engineering and flight builds.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, test, and quality on design changes and first‑article readiness.
• Build supplier scorecards, lead‑time dashboards, and material‑readiness visibility.
• Identify and reduce single sources and capacity risks through dual sourcing and strategic buys.
• Visit suppliers as needed to assess capability and recover schedule.
• Be the trusted partner to engineers to take supply chain work off their plates without losing technical context.

Skills

Sourcing ownership

Technical supply chain

NPI for hardware

RFQ management

Supplier qualification

PO management

MRP/ERP knowledge

Excel/Spreadsheet

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Airtable/Notion

ERP/MRP tools

RFQ platforms

Job description

Reflect Orbital is seeking a Senior Technical Supply Chain Manager, Satellite Hardware to own sourcing, planning, purchasing, and fulfillment for the hardware going into our satellites. This hands‑on role is embedded with engineering and manufacturing, driving RFQs, long‑lead item management, POs, and material‑readiness for flight builds.

You will build the operating system for supply chain, manage supplier relationships, and balance speed, cost, and program risk while translating technical