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K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price. With over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, K2 is mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space.
As Senior Supplier Development Engineer for Avionics within the Supply Chain organization, you will define and implement supplier development strategies for the company. You will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and procurement teams to grow and mature suppliers into strategic partners supporting K2's critical missions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assess supplier capabilities, technologies, and their ability to 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 with quality standards
- Provide program leadership inputs to ensure product quality, delivery, and cost achieve business and customer expectations
- Interface with engineering, production teams, and procurement to define production roadmaps aligned with company goals
You will own continuous evaluation of suppliers, working with them to develop their processes and improve their ability to support K2's needs. This role has high visibility and impact across the organization. Success requires strong communication skills and commodity management experience to systematically grow and mature K2 Space's supply chain.
With multiple launches planned for 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites per year, this is an opportunity to contribute to a high-growth Series D-funded company building the next generation of spacecraft.
