Engineering Supply Chain Manager; Mechanical

• Engineering Supply Chain Manager (Mechanical)
• Location:
  
  Munich, Germany
• Department:
  Global Supply Chain
• Reports to:
  
  R&D Supply Chain Manager
• Employment type:
  
  Permanent
• Workplace model:
  Office/On-site
• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)

As our Engineering Supply Chain Manager (Mechanical), you'll join our fast-moving Global Supply Chain organization and work closely with our hardware engineering teams as they design and build mechanical systems and structures on tight and shifting timelines.

You'll be an active part of our engineering projects, helping to execute them and staying ahead of supply. That means identifying long lead items, critical materials and complex parts as early as possible in the process, and securing them before they become bottlenecks for testing and builds. When machining capacity, material availability, special process queues or a late design change threaten a prototype schedule, we need you to act.

Our development cycles are fast and iterations are constantly occurring since we thrive on pushing the technology for the best.

You'll also be a key link between Engineering and Production. You'll communicate R&D supply chain risks and the critical parts and materials you've identified to Production, so nothing comes as a surprise r work supports the success of every engineering prototype iteration and at the same time prepares Production for rollout and mass production.

This role suits someone who is proactive by nature, with a solution driven mindset and a deep understanding of mechanical manufacturing processes, materials and hardware prototyping, who is comfortable with ambiguity and acts before problems arrive rather than waiting for them. How quickly we get from concept to working hardware in orbit, and then into production, depends on how well this role is done.

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• Serve as the hands-on supply chain counterpart for fast-paced mechanical engineering teams working on multiple, rapidly evolving hardware projects.
• Identify long lead items, critical raw materials and complex parts as early as possible, and secure them proactively (early orders, material reservation, capacity booking, buffer stock, coating readiness, securing helicoils) before they can delay a project.
• Translate early-stage concepts, evolving BOMs, and mid-design changes into actionable sourcing steps with minimal delay.
• Provide engineers with real-time insights on material availability, components availability and quick-turn manufacturing options.
• Identify supply issues before they become blockers and propose workaround paths immediately.

• Own project procurement of CNC machined parts, structural elements and composite parts, mechanisms, motors, fasteners, bearings, thermal hardware and raw materials, including related special processes such as heat treatment, surface treatments and coatings.
• Run fast quoting and supplier selection so prototype and builds get their parts and materials on the dates engineering committed to.
• Lead efforts to find alternative suppliers, processes or materials within hours, not weeks, when capacity or material shortages occur.
• Set stock levels and material availability plans for development and prototype builds.

• Worked closely with machine shops and composite fabricators, special process providers and material distributors, and worked with them to understand lead time constraints, manufacturing capabilities,…