# Senior Technical Supply Chain Manager, Satellite Hardware at Reflect Orbital

- Company: Reflect Orbital
- What the company does: Backed by Sequoia and Lux.
- Company website: https://www.reflectorbital.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hawthorne, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/dfe2c3d2-c77d-42d5-bcd8-75cbb83ad4e1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/reflect-orbital-senior-technical-supply-chain-manager-satellite-hardware/

## 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.

## What they're looking for

- You have 5+ years of experience in technical sourcing, hardware supply chain, procurement, material planning, supplier industrialization, manufacturing operations, or NPI for complex hardware. We care more about demonstrated ownership than years
- You have owned direct supply chain for flight hardware or similarly high-reliability hardware: spacecraft, aerospace, robotics, automotive, defense, medical, energy, or complex electromechanical systems
- You can read drawings, BOMs, specs, material callouts, tolerances, finishes, and supplier quotes well enough to identify manufacturability, cost, lead-time, and supply risk
- You have personally run RFQs, found and qualified suppliers, negotiated quotes, placed POs, tracked delivery, and recovered late or high-risk parts
- You understand material planning: long-lead tracking, BOM readiness, inventory, shortage management, MRP/ERP systems, purchase orders, work orders, and build schedules
- You are comfortable operating both strategically and tactically: building supplier strategy in the morning and calling shops, chasing parts, or cleaning up PO issues in the afternoon

Tags: Engineering