# Procurement Associate at Astro Mechanica

- Company: Astro Mechanica
- What the company does: We're reinventing aircraft from the engine forward. Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://astromecha.co/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Associate
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $155K to $185K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/astro-mechanica/38296221-a12c-4075-88ef-b716810fb962
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astro-mechanica-procurement-associate/

## About the role

As an early team member, you’ll drive our procurement and vendor operations, with the opportunity to grow into broader responsibilities across the supply chain team.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of experience in procurement, purchasing, supply chain, operations, production control, manufacturing, or vendor coordination in a hardware environment
- Strong bias toward action, you move quickly, follow up relentlessly, and know how to unblock teams under schedule pressure
- Exceptional organization skills, with the ability to track many parts, suppliers, quotes, purchase orders, delivery dates, and open issues at once
- Experience working with technical teams and the ability to quickly understand engineering requirements, drawings, specifications, and part descriptions
- Strong supplier communication skills, comfortable calling vendors, requesting quotes, negotiating basic terms, confirming schedules, and escalating when needed
- Detail-oriented and process-minded, with the ability to create clean trackers, maintain accurate records, and build lightweight systems where none exist

Tags: Executive