Avionics Material Planner

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

18d•$100,800 - $151,200

About The Position

The Avionics Material Planner owns material planning for Terran R avionics hardware, including flight computers, power distribution units, sensor and data acquisition boxes, and other line-replaceable units. The role supports products from development and qualification builds through flight production and into rate, often while designs are evolving. The planner manages material for avionics assemblies, from electronic components, connectors, bare boards, wire, and cable through PCBAs, wire harnesses, and box-level integration hardware. They work across engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, integration, test, and launch teams to translate bills of materials and build schedules into material demand. The role also identifies supply risks, assesses the effects of engineering changes, manages material flow to suppliers, and develops forecasts and processes to support the transition from new product introduction to production and improve MRP automation and accuracy.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in material planning, demand planning, or production planning.
Direct experience planning avionics or high-reliability electronics hardware in the aerospace, defense, or space industry, such as EEE components, PCBAs, wire harnesses, or electromechanical box-level assemblies.
Experience supporting products from NPI or development into production, including planning against changing BOMs and managing engineering-change impacts across multiple builds.
Working knowledge of electronics supply-chain dynamics, including component lead times and allocation, obsolescence, MOQs and reels, contract-manufacturer kitting, and part substitutions or alternates.
Strong understanding of MRP inputs and how MRP functions within ERP systems such as Plex, Infor LN, SAP, or Oracle.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with space-grade or high-reliability part requirements, such as lot and date code control, traceability, screening, and counterfeit prevention.
Experience with design release processes and PLM systems, and how they feed ERP.
Experience with data analysis tools such as SQL, Tableau, or advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end material planning for avionics assemblies, including components, connectors, boards, wire, cable, PCBAs, harnesses, and box-level integration hardware.
Collaborate with Avionics Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Integration, Test, and Launch teams to derive material demand from multi-level bills of materials and build schedules.
Identify long-lead and high-risk items before formal design release using preliminary BOMs and engineering input; recommend risk buys, early material authorizations, and buffer strategies, and explain tradeoffs.
Assess the material impact of engineering changes and part revisions, including obsolescence, excess exposure, rework or scrap decisions, and effectivity across builds.
Manage material flow to contract manufacturers and harness suppliers, including consigned and turnkey kitting, shortage tracking, constrained-component allocation, and clear-to-build readiness.
Run the build-by-build Material Readiness process under tight deadlines.
Develop avionics material forecasts and planning processes that inform Sourcing strategy and support the transition from NPI to production.
Improve MRP automation and accuracy in the ERP platform.