Aerospace Supplier Quality Lead – Audits & Compliance

f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

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Job summary

Shield AI in Seattle is seeking a senior Supplier Quality professional to lead supplier qualification, development, and quality assurance across the harnessing commodity supply base. You will conduct supplier audits, resolve nonconformances, perform root-cause investigations, and disposition hardware to meet engineering, customer, regulatory, and quality requirements.

You will partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program teams to reduce quality and delivery risk, advance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 quality-management systems in aerospace/defense.
• Proficiency in root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods (8D, 5 Whys, fishbone).
• Experience with supplier qualification, supplier development, PPAP, and First Article Inspection (AS9102).
• Understanding of ITAR, EAR, DFARS, and related defense supplier requirements.
• Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier qualification, risk assessments, periodic performance reviews, supplier audits, source inspections, and approved-supplier status across the harnessing commodity supply base.
• Ensure supplier requirements are flowed down and that suppliers comply with quality management, engineering, and regulatory requirements.
• Escalate supplier-quality risks and direct SCARs, recovery efforts, and capability-improvement plans impacting quality, delivery, readiness, or programs.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program teams on producibility, DFM, process capability, and quality risks.
• Advance supplier-quality processes, data analytics, and continuous-improvement practices to strengthen capability and delivery.

Skills

Supplier qualification

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP/MRP systems

AS9100 / ISO 9001

Data analytics

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Shield AI in Seattle is seeking a senior Supplier Quality professional to lead supplier qualification, development, and quality assurance across the harnessing commodity supply base. You will conduct supplier audits, resolve nonconformances, perform root-cause investigations, and disposition hardware to meet engineering, customer, regulatory, and quality requirements.

You will partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program teams to reduce quality and delivery risk, advance