Aviation Spare Parts Research Analyst

SOI Aviation is a global aviation services company specializing in the sourcing, distribution, and support of aircraft parts and components. We support commercial and government aviation customers with a particular focus on solving complex, hard-to-source, obsolete, and legacy aircraft requirements.

Aviation Parts Research Analyst

SOI Aviation | Calabasas, CA | Onsite

Full-Time | $30.00–$34.00 per hour

SOI Aviation is a global aviation services company specializing in the sourcing, distribution, and support of aircraft parts and components. We support commercial and government aviation customers with a particular focus on solving complex, hard-to-source, obsolete, and legacy aircraft requirements.

SOI Aviation is seeking an experienced Aviation Parts Research Analyst with a strong technical aviation background to conduct in-depth research on aircraft parts, components, pricing, availability, interchangeability, and sourcing options.

This is a research-focused position
. The Aviation Parts Research Analyst will investigate requirements before they are sent to the Procurement team, developing a comprehensive research package that gives Procurement the technical, pricing, supplier, and market intelligence needed to efficiently source and purchase the correct component.

The ideal candidate has previous experience working with military, government, legacy, or retired aircraft platforms and understands the complexities involved in researching parts for aircraft that may no longer have readily available OEM support.

This position requires someone who enjoys digging deep into a requirement—someone who can take a difficult part number or aircraft requirement and determine what the part is, where it is used, what alternatives may exist, what it should reasonably cost, who may have it, and where Procurement should look next.

• Conduct detailed research on aircraft parts and components in response to customer and internal requirements.
• Research part numbers, National Stock Numbers (NSNs), alternate and superseded part numbers, aircraft applicability, and component history.
• Identify potential interchangeability, replacement, supersession, or alternate sourcing opportunities when appropriate.
• Research components associated with legacy, retired, military, and government aircraft platforms where traditional OEM sourcing may be limited.
• Review available technical documentation and historical information to understand part function, application, and aircraft effectivity.
• Investigate difficult, obsolete, and hard-to-find components using multiple research methods and databases.

• Conduct deep market research to establish reasonable pricing benchmarks for aircraft components.
• Analyze historical pricing, current market availability, previous quotes, supplier listings, and comparable components.
• Identify significant pricing discrepancies and provide supporting research to Procurement.
• Research historical availability and market activity to help determine whether a component is readily available, scarce, obsolete, or potentially difficult to source.
• Develop pricing intelligence for components where limited recent market data exists.

• ILS / ILSmart
• Parts Base
• Pentagon
• Government and military parts databases
• OEM resources and technical documentation
• Historical company purchasing and quoting data
• Supplier and distributor databases
• Internet and industry research resources

Experience researching NSNs, military aircraft components, government surplus, legacy platforms, and alternate part numbers is strongly preferred.

• Requested part number
• Part description and technical application
• Aircraft/platform applicability
• NSN, when applicable
• Alternate or superseded part numbers
• Historical pricing
• Current market pricing
• Known inventory or potential suppliers
• OEM information
• Lead-time information when available
• Condition and certification considerations
• Relevant technical documentation
• Research notes and recommended sourcing paths

Once research is complete, transition the requirement to the…