Staff Supplier Quality Engineer

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

About The Position

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to support its development of communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. This role implements and maintains supplier quality processes and documentation in accordance with AS9100 and works across engineering, operations, and supply chain to ensure suppliers meet quality management system, customer, industry, regulatory, statutory, and other applicable requirements. The position manages supplier qualification, performance, risk, and relationships; provides suppliers with technical guidance and training; and collaborates with design engineering on design-for-manufacturability considerations. It also addresses supplier nonconformances and corrective actions, tracks supplier performance, conducts supplier audits and source inspections as needed, and drives continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.
Eight 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 other 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, refugee (protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations, to conform to 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 cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and supply chain to ensure supplier flow-down and compliance with QMS, customer, industry, regulatory, statutory, and applicable requirements.
Maintain approved suppliers through qualification, periodic performance reviews, relationship management, risk assessment, and removal when needed.
Provide technical guidance, support, and training to suppliers to align execution with CesiumAstro requirements.
Collaborate with design engineering to incorporate design-for-manufacturability considerations for suppliers.
Investigate nonconformances and drive root-cause corrective action for supplier issues.
Support nonconformance disposition, 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 capabilities with key suppliers.
Perform supplier site audits and source inspections as needed.
Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.