Senior Supply Chain Specialist Los Angeles, California,

GITAI is a space robotics company working to reduce the cost of work in space by 100x. Our robots are designed for assembly, inspection, maintenance, construction, and surface operations in environments where human labor is expensive, dangerous, or impractical.

Your mission is to make the supply chain a force multiplier for GITAI’s vertically integrated model. You will secure the parts, materials, services, manufacturing capacity, and supplier commitments needed to accelerate internal development, prototyping, testing, and delivery. This role supports U.S. government defense programs, including space defense work.

• Own procurement execution for assigned space defense programs, including RFQs, purchase orders, supplier follow‑up, delivery tracking, and commercial issue resolution.
• Translate engineering and program needs into executable supplier actions while retaining technical ownership, schedule control, and mission risk inside GITAI.
• Negotiate supplier terms that protect GITAI, including payment, delivery, cancellation, IP, warranty, liability, inspection, acceptance, and other commercial risks.
• Review supplier quotes, T&Cs, order documents, and commercial proposals to identify risks before they become program problems.
• Work with engineering and program leadership to understand technical context, urgency, supplier trade‑offs, and protection requirements.
• Push suppliers to move quickly while keeping them engaged; know when to press, trade, compromise, or elevate issues.
• Support procurement in export‑controlled and government program environments, including ITAR/EAR awareness, controlled technical information, and supplier access risks.
• Track flow‑down requirements, deliverables, acceptance terms, compliance risks, and supplier commitments for defense program execution.
• Maintain clear visibility into open POs, supplier commitments, delivery risk, lead times, commercial blockers, and next actions.
• Help build procurement practices that are strong enough for defense work but light enough for a vertically integrated startup that needs speed.

• Degree in engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, operations management, or a closely related field.
• Experience in procurement, supplier management, contracts, supply chain, or commercial execution in a hardware, aerospace, defense, robotics, or deep tech environment.
• Experience working at an early‑stage startup (Series B or earlier) where teams were small, processes were incomplete, and negotiation required judgment rather than large‑company leverage.
• Experience supporting U.S. government, defense, aerospace, or Space Force‑related programs.
• Knowledge of ITAR, EAR, export‑controlled environments, controlled technical data, supplier access risks, and foreign‑person restrictions.
• Experience negotiating supplier‑facing terms, including T&Cs, PO terms, payment terms, delivery terms, cancellation terms, and commercial risk allocation.
• Ability to work with engineers, understand technical program context, and translate program needs into supplier actions without becoming a bottleneck.
• Sound judgment on when supplier support accelerates vertical integration and when it creates dependency, compliance risk, or downstream program risk.
• Clear and direct communication with suppliers and internal teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity, changing requirements, short timelines, incomplete processes, and high program urgency.
• U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance if required for the program.
• Strong plus: experience with FAR, DFARS, government contract flow‑downs, SBIR, OTA, prime/subcontractor relationships, defense suppliers, prototype procurement, NPI procurement, CNC, PCBA, harnesses, machined parts, test hardware, or specialized engineering services.

• Base salary: $110,000 – $145,000 USD per year (dependent on experience).
• Full‑time, Exempt;
  Monday – Friday, approximately 9:00 am – 6:00 pm onsite in Torrance, CA.
• Health Insurance:
  Platinum medical plan with full company‑paid coverage for employees (90 % for dependents).
• 401(k):
  Company match up to 3.5 %…