The Role
Supports procurement, sourcing, supplier management, purchase orders, inventory planning, logistics coordination, and vendor performance for spacecraft hardware and manufacturing materials. Maintains bills of materials, supplier profiles, forecasts, RFPs, delivery schedules, receipts, and invoice accuracy while collaborating with planning, engineering, logistics, and production teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a Supply Chain Intern at Impulse Space, you will work with Planning, Engineering, Logistics, and Production to support procurement and supplier management activities to support hardware and material delivery for the design and manufacturing of the spacecraft. You will be responsible for planning/purchasing parts related to vehicle flight hardware, raw material, capital equipment, facility and production floor consumables, and more.
*This internship is 12 weeks long from May/June to August/September 2027
Responsibilities
- Support quoting and PO issuance for numerous commodity part types
- Work with design & manufacturing engineers to maintain up to date configuration of bill of materials within a dynamic design environment
- Manage supplier profiles related to general information and payment terms.
- Work with planning team to provide vendors with forecast information to support delivery of parts designated for multiple programs to meet scheduled production timelines at appropriate manufacturing cadences
- Manage several RFP’s to down-select supplier options for cost, lead time, and capabilities.
- Work with design and manufacturing engineering to support design release against lead time assumptions and vendor identification for timely delivery against a constrained schedule
- Monitor inventory levels against demand and consumption and set up systems to procure efficiently
- Logistics coordination of outsourced parts, drop shipments, and open order management for all PO’s to maintain on time delivery against PO promise date and supplier performance
- Supplier management on a daily basis to monitor progress, maintain schedule, and ensure schedule recovery for any delays to drive supplier accountability and performance
- Ensure receipts against PO accuracy and vendor invoicing to drive accurate accounting for our business
Minimum Qualifications
- Recent completion or working towards a degree in supply chain, operations, business administration, or engineering
- Ability to take project ownership and work well in a small team
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Some experience working in procurement or sourcing, contract negotiations, and cost analysis
- Knowledge of MRP and Supply Chain concepts
- Understanding of manufacturing processes related to mechanical components
Additional Requirements
- Willing and able to work on-site in Redondo Beach, CA for the duration of the internship
- This role may require overtime hours; interns are eligible for overtime pay.
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Skills Required
- Recently completed or currently pursuing a degree in supply chain, operations, business administration, or engineering
- Ability to take project ownership
- Ability to work effectively in a small team
- Willingness and ability to work onsite in Redondo Beach, California for the internship
- Some experience in procurement or sourcing, contract negotiations, and cost analysis
- Knowledge of MRP and supply chain concepts
- Understanding of manufacturing processes related to mechanical components
- Ability to work overtime when required
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain required ITAR authorizations
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The Company
What We Do
Impulse enables low-cost and nimble last-mile space payload delivery - access any orbit, reach other worlds.
