Aerospace Supplier Quality Leader

EVONA; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 136,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

HSA

FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

EVONA is partnering with a fast-growing aerospace company to hire a Supplier Quality Manager who will lead the supplier quality engineering function and drive qualification, development, compliance, and corrective actions across a complex supply chain.

You will work with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure suppliers meet stringent AS9100, customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements. Leadership of a growing team is key.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of quality or supplier quality experience.
• 1–3+ years of leadership or supervision of quality engineers.
• Strong knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001.
• Experience with supplier qualification, PPAP and AS9102 First Article Inspection.
• Proficient in root cause analysis using 8D, 5-Why and Fishbone methods.
• Familiar with SPC and quality inspection methods.
• Knowledge of ITAR/EAR and DFARS in aerospace.
• Experience with ERP/MRP and QMS systems.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Supplier Quality Engineers.
• Own supplier quality staffing, workload allocation, performance management, and resource planning.
• Oversee supplier qualification, audits, performance reviews, risk assessments, and ongoing supplier development.
• Drive supplier compliance with AS9100, QMS, customer, industry, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead escalated supplier nonconformance investigations and root cause corrective actions.
• Manage and drive closure of Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs).
• Oversee supplier site audits and source inspections.
• Partner with Engineering on design-for-manufacturability (DFM) considerations.
• Establish and monitor supplier KPIs, including defect rates, nonconformances, on-time delivery, rework/scrap costs, and SCAR resolution.
• Use supplier performance data to improve supplier capability and build strategic supplier relationships.
• Drive continuous improvement across supplier quality processes and systems.

Skills

Leadership

Supplier quality

Root cause analysis

AS9100 knowledge

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

QMS systems

Job description

EVONA is partnering with a fast-growing aerospace company to hire a Supplier Quality Manager who will lead the supplier quality engineering function and drive qualification, development, compliance, and corrective actions across a complex supply chain.

You will work with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure suppliers meet stringent AS9100, customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements. Leadership of a growing team is key.