Purchasing Coordinator

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage.

Hermeus is seeking a highly motivated Purchasing Coordinator to support day-to-day purchasing activities and ensure timely and accurate order execution across the supply chain. This role will be responsible for issuing purchase orders, maintaining supplier documentation, coordinating with internal stakeholders, and supporting order tracking to ensure alignment with program schedules.

The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, organized, and able to thrive in a fast-paced aerospace environment, ensuring that material and services are procured efficiently and compliantly. This critical role ensures the procurement of key components and materials essential to the company's mission, upholding quality and supporting innovation from concept through to full-scale production.

Responsibilities

• Issue, track, and maintain purchase orders in support of program and production requirements.
• Communicate order confirmations, changes, and updates between suppliers and internal teams.
• Coordinate with engineering, planning, logistics, and quality teams to ensure purchased items meet specifications and delivery timelines.
• Monitor supplier delivery schedules and escalate potential delays or issues to supply chain leadership.
• Maintain accurate supplier records, certifications, and documentation in compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Support resolution of order discrepancies, invoicing issues, and material non-conformance reports.
• Assist in tracking supplier performance metrics (on-time delivery, quality compliance, responsiveness).
• Coordinate expediting activities for critical parts and communicate delivery status updates to stakeholders.
• Ensure purchasing transactions comply with company policies, U.S. government regulations (ITAR/DFARS), and audit requirements.
• Provide administrative support to the procurement team, including reporting, filing, and maintaining system data integrity.
  
  
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 1 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain coordination.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills to interact with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
  
  
  
  

Preferred Skills & Experience

• 2 years of experience in aerospace, defense, or manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar).
• Knowledge of purchasing processes, supplier documentation, and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting audits and maintaining supplier certifications.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple purchase orders in a fast-paced environment.
• Background in the aerospace industry or within hardware startup environments
  
  
  
  

The compensation information provided is a general guideline only. Hermeus takes various factors into account, including, but not limited to, the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate's professional background, education and training, essential skills, and market and business considerations, when presenting a job offer. 

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Hermeus offers competitive base pay and equity, generous parental leave, potential for year-end bonuses, and more! 

• 100% employer-paid health care 
• 401k & retirement plans 
• Weekly paid office lunches   
• Fully stocked breakrooms 
• Stock options   
• Paid Parental Leave   
• Flexible PTO (exempt) and generous accrued PTO (non-exempt), plus 12 federal holidays off
  
  
  
  

U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R.

• 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. US persons include U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending
  
  
  
  

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Hermeus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions at Hermeus are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to 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.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.