Lead Procurement In-House Engine development

Here at The Exploration Company, we are building spacecrafts for humanity.

Reports to: Head of Procurement

Role Overview

We are looking for a Lead In-house Development Procurement to lead procurement for TEC’s internally developed engines and assigned future programs. You will own procurement strategy and supplier delivery across Scirocco, Storm and the future-program perimeter. You will translate evolving engineering requirements into sourcing plans, robust contracts and supplier commitments that support development and testing milestones. You will build dedicated procurement capability for these programs while respecting TEC’s overall priority of delivering Nyx Earth.

Key Responsibilities

Supplier and Contract Management

- Define sourcing strategies for development hardware, components and specialist services within the assigned programs.

- Identify and develop suppliers capable of meeting demanding technical requirements and evolving development schedules.

- Lead major negotiations and ensure contracts address scope, technical annexes, delivery milestones, acceptance, intellectual property and change management.

- Monitor supplier performance and lead recovery plans for critical delivery or technical issues.

- Assess supply risks, including single-source dependencies, capacity constraints and long-lead items.

Development Procurement

- Own procurement activities from early supplier engagement and RFQs through contract execution and delivery.

- Work with Engineering and program teams to establish clear procurement packages and realistic sourcing schedules.

- Ensure technical requirements and changes flow into supplier contracts with appropriate cost and schedule visibility.

- Support prototype builds, test campaigns and successive hardware iterations.

- Coordinate test hardware and test-stand requirements with the indirect procurement and DMP teams, assigning clear ownership for each package.

- Ensure procurement activity follows...