About the role
At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.
About
the Role Reflect Orbital is hiring a Senior Technical Supply Chain Manager, Satellite Hardware to own sourcing, planning, purchasing, and fulfillment for the hardware that goes into our satellites. This is a hands-on senior IC role embedded with engineering and manufacturing. You’ll source suppliers, run RFQs, manage long-lead parts, place and track POs, resolve shortages, and build material-readiness visibility for spacecraft builds. This is direct satellite hardware supply chain — not office, facilities, or generic corporate procurement. Your job is to take supply chain work off engineers’ plates without losing technical context or speed.
Responsibilities Own the direct supply chain for satellite flight hardware from prototype/NPI through production: sourcing, planning, purchasing, and fulfillment. Build and maintain the material plan for each spacecraft build, including long-lead items, critical-path parts, BOM readiness, inventory status, shortages, and supplier delivery dates. Source and qualify suppliers for custom and COTS satellite hardware across structures, composites, avionics, mechanisms, harnessing, PCBAs, machined parts, coatings, treatments, and other flight-critical components. Translate engineering drawings, BOMs, specs, and build schedules into clear RFQ packages; compare suppliers on cost, lead time, quality, capacity, responsiveness, and technical fit. Negotiate pricing, lead times, payment terms, expedite options, and production capacity while balancing speed, cost, reliability, and program risk. Place and manage purchase orders, track open orders, resolve supplier blockers, and ensure parts arrive when needed for engineering, test, and flight builds. Partner tightly with engineering, manufacturing, test, and quality to manage design changes, supplier questions, first-article readiness, inspection