Lead, Supplier Development Engineer

3 weeks, 3 days ago
Full-time
Lead
Quality Assurance and Testing

K2 Space Corporation

K2 Space builds high-powered satellite platforms and satellite buses for missions across LEO, MEO, and GEO, emphasizing higher payload power, large payload mass, vertical integration, and in-house manufacturing.

Defense and Space Manufacturing
51-200
Founded 2022
$180M raised

Description

  • Build the supplier development engineering team and define processes to meet near-term build targets and support ramp to high-rate production.
  • Assess supplier capabilities, technologies, and manufacturing readiness.
  • Manage PPAP, rate, and reliability campaigns to enable production.
  • Lead containment actions, issue ticket resolution, and supplier corrective action efforts.
  • Evaluate supplier quality performance using scorecards and audits and drive improvements to maintain quality standards.
  • Define and oversee a standardized supplier qualification process from development tier to flight tier.
  • Provide program leadership inputs to ensure product quality, delivery, and cost meet business and customer expectations.
  • Work with engineering, production, and procurement teams to define production roadmaps aligned with company goals.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience in a quality, reliability, supply chain, or engineering role.
  • Strong understanding of quality standards and tools, including ISO 9001, AS9100, and PPAP.
  • Experience managing vendors, suppliers, and strategic technical partners.
  • Ability to travel 25-50% of the time.
  • 1+ years in a management role, preferred.
  • Expert-level knowledge of mechanical commodities such as machined parts, mechanisms, and composites and/or avionics commodities such as harnessing and PCBs/PCBAs, preferred.
  • Knowledge of Lean concepts, preferred.
  • Experience in a new product introduction environment, preferred.
  • Experience in root cause and corrective action activities, preferred.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, preferred.
  • Experience with data analytics and SQL, preferred.
  • Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license due to ITAR requirements.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $130,000 to $175,000 plus equity.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Paid time off.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Additional perks and benefits.

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