Obsolescence and Lifecycle Management Lead

The Obsolescence and Lifecycle Management Lead is a senior individual contributor responsible for owning the V-BAT sustainment strategy for parts, suppliers, components, assemblies, and subsystems that are becoming unavailable, unsupported, high-risk, cost-prohibitive, or difficult to sustain. This role drives the operating mechanism for identifying obsolescence risk early, assessing impact to production and fielded aircraft, and coordinating mitigation plans before part shortages, supplier changes, or component end-of-life issues affect V-BAT readiness, repair capability, customer support, or long-term sustainment.

What You Will Do

Own and maintain the V-BAT obsolescence management plan, lifecycle risk register, and associated mitigation roadmap. Identify, track, and prioritize end-of-life parts, supplier discontinuance notices, aging components, high-risk materials, unsupported components, and long-lead or difficult-to-source items.

Why It Might Be a Fit

6+ years of experience in obsolescence management, lifecycle management, supply chain, sustainment engineering, product support, manufacturing operations, technical program management, or complex hardware sustainment. Demonstrated experience managing part, supplier, component, or subsystem lifecycle risk in a complex hardware, aerospace, defense, electronics, aviation, robotics, or advanced manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in obsolescence management, lifecycle management, supply chain, sustainment engineering, product support, manufacturing operations, technical program management, or complex hardware sustainment
• Demonstrated experience managing part, supplier, component, or subsystem lifecycle risk in a complex hardware, aerospace, defense, electronics, aviation, robotics, or advanced manufacturing environment
• Experience identifying and managing end-of-life parts, supplier discontinuance notices, diminishing manufacturing sources, long-lead components, alternate sourcing strategies, and last-time-buy decisions
• Strong understanding of how obsolescence risk impacts production, repair capability, spares planning, field support, fleet readiness, customer commitments, and long-term sustainment
• Experience working across Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Configuration Management, Finance, Operations, and Fleet Support to drive mitigation plans
• Technical fluency with bills of material, approved supplier lists, part qualification, engineering changes, configuration management, material planning, supplier transitions, or component redesign activity
• Ability to partner with engineering teams to evaluate alternate parts, redesign needs, qualification plans, and technical risk associated with component substitutions
• Proven ability to build and manage lifecycle risk registers, mitigation plans, decision logs, escalation mechanisms, and leadership-level status reporting
• Strong planning and risk management skills, including the ability to prioritize lifecycle risks based on fleet impact, availability, cost, technical complexity, and urgency
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate supplier, part, and lifecycle risks into clear business impact, technical actions, and leadership decisions
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and drive cross-functional accountability without direct authority

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity