Staff Supplier Quality Engineer

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

2d•$136,000 - $167,000

About The Position

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to support supplier quality for communication systems used on satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The role works cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and supply chain to maintain supplier quality processes, ensure supplier compliance, and strengthen supplier performance and capability. It includes supplier qualification and management, technical guidance, audits, nonconformance and corrective-action work, performance analysis, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.
8 years of supplier quality experience in the aerospace and defense industries.
Experience managing suppliers for space-grade machining, PCBs, PCBAs, integrated assemblies, and test.
Demonstrated supplier management, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to interpret engineering documentation, requirements, and supplier flow-downs.
Experience with certified quality management systems such as AS9100 or ISO 9001.
Expertise in root-cause analysis methodologies and corrective-action implementation.
Experience with aerospace and electronics manufacturing.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations, to conform with U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain supplier quality processes and documentation in accordance with AS9100, using business system functionality to improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
Work with engineering, operations, and supply chain to ensure supplier flow-down and compliance with QMS, customer, industry, regulatory, statutory, and applicable requirements.
Manage approved suppliers, including qualification, periodic performance reviews, supplier relationships, risk assessment, and removal when needed.
Provide suppliers with technical guidance, support, and training to align their execution with CesiumAstro requirements.
Collaborate with design engineering to incorporate design-for-manufacturability considerations.
Investigate supplier nonconformances and drive root-cause corrective action.
Support nonconformance dispositions, including rework, scrap, and RMA.
Monitor and drive supplier corrective action requests (SCARs) when escalated.
Establish and analyze supplier performance metrics, including defect rate, nonconformances, on-time delivery, rework and scrap costs, and corrective-action resolution.
Use performance data to develop strategic partnerships and supplier capability with key suppliers.
Perform supplier site audits and source inspections as needed.
Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.