Global Supply Manager - PCB/PCBA/Electronics

Eclipse Space Technologies designs and delivers complete satellite constellations — bus and communications payload as a unified system — for sovereign customers and operators who want to own their infrastructure rather than rent capacity. We are fabless by design: Eclipse owns the architecture down to the component, and proven high-volume manufacturing partners handle component production and final assembly. Being fabless means our supply chain isn't a support function — it's the factory. This role owns the electronics half of it.

You will own PCB, rigid-flex, PCBA, and EEE component categories end to end: building the supply base, qualifying it to space-flight standards, negotiating the commercial terms, and holding it accountable through NPI into rate production. You'll work directly with our hardware, RF, and power engineers as designs are being drawn — not after they're released — so what we design is buildable at volume, at cost, by partners who can actually deliver. This is a hands-on, early-team role: you will build the category strategy and then execute it yourself, including the purchase orders, the supplier scorecards, and the 2 a.m. call about a shortage.

Responsibilities

Category strategy and supplier development

• Own sourcing strategy for bare PCB, rigid-flex and FPC, PCBA/EMS, and EEE components, aligned to Eclipse's design roadmap and constellation production ramp
• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and onboard suppliers across domestic and international markets; build and maintain the Approved Manufacturer List in partnership with engineering and quality
• Develop supplier technology roadmaps and map them against Eclipse's design roadmap so fabrication capability leads design intent rather than constraining it
• Conduct market analysis, benchmarking, and should-cost modeling for assigned categories

NPI through rate production

• Partner with hardware, RF, power, and layout engineering during design to influence fabrication class, stackup, panelization, component selection, and testability for cost and yield at volume
• Drive builds from prototype through NPI to mass production with contract manufacturers, including capacity bring-up, equipment and tooling readiness, and material readiness against build schedules
• Own forecast and clear-to-build models, including visibility into tier 2 and tier 3 supply behind our contract manufacturers
• Manage component lifecycle risk: EOL and PCN response, last-time-buy execution, alternate part qualification, and long-lead pre-buys against milestone-funded programs

Commercial and contracts

• Negotiate NDAs, MOUs, term sheets, MSAs, SOWs, component purchase agreements, and NRE and tooling arrangements; partner with Legal on liability, IP, indemnification, and export terms
• Drive cost, lead time, payment terms, and continuity-of-supply outcomes through negotiation and structural supply base decisions
• Issue and manage purchase orders, resolve blocked invoices, and keep ERP data accurate enough that planning and finance can trust it
• Present sourcing recommendations, cost reviews, and critical supply issues to Eclipse leadership and, where relevant, to customer programs

Supply assurance, quality, and compliance

• Build supplier scorecards and KPIs covering on-time delivery, quality, yield, and financial health; run periodic business reviews
• Work with engineering and quality on escapes, MRB dispositions, and corrective action so root causes get fixed at the supplier rather than screened at receiving
• Ensure sourcing decisions comply with applicable export control requirements and license conditions — a standing requirement given Eclipse's international partner base and sovereign customer contracts
• Support counterfeit avoidance, traceability, and workmanship standards appropriate to flight hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years in supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, or engineering — or 10+ years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree
• Direct sourcing or category ownership experience in PCB, PCBA, or electronic components, with working knowledge of the fabrication and assembly ecosystem (laminates and raw material, stackups, SMT, test)
• Demonstrated experience taking hardware from NPI into volume production with contract manufacturers
• Track record negotiating and administering supplier agreements, including pricing, NRE, tooling, and capacity commitments
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, fabrication notes, BOMs, and specifications, and to hold a technical conversation with the engineer who wrote them
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to supplier and partner sites, up to 40%

Nice to Have

• Experience sourcing electronics for space, defense, or another high-reliability application: IPC Class 3 / IPC-6012 Class 3, coupon and DPA requirements, pure-tin and tin-whisker avoidance, radiation-tolerant and screened EEE parts
• Experience building a supply base from scratch at a hardware startup, or standing up a new product line inside a larger program
• Familiarity with export control in a live operating context — licenses, technical data controls with foreign partners
• Experience sourcing in Asia or other low-cost manufacturing regions, including managing a contract manufacturer's own upstream supply base
• RF and high-frequency board experience: low-loss materials, controlled impedance, mixed-dielectric stackups
• Fluency in ERP/MRP systems and analytics tooling (SQL, Power BI, or equivalent)
• APICS, CPSM, or Lean Six Sigma credentials
• Comfort operating without established process, systems, or a team already in place

Salary: $150,000 – $195,000