PCBA Supplier Quality Engineer (I–II, Senior I–II)

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Comprehensive benefits package

Stock-based compensation

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer (I, II, Senior I, Senior II) - PCBA based in Long Beach, CA. This role ensures quality requirements for procured parts, services, and processes are achieved, acting as a liaison between design/manufacturing and suppliers.

You will drive supplier improvements, translate quality requirements, and manage containment, NCRs, and rework while partnering with procurement to verify supplier capabilities and timing.

Qualifications

• Experience in a regulated industry: Aerospace, Medical, Automotive, or similar.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Mechatronic Engineering, or equivalent.
• Prior experience in a supplier quality role.
• Proficiency with GD&T and engineering drawing interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical point of contact for assigned parts and assemblies, solving emergent supplier quality challenges and mitigating risk to the manifest.
• Own production components and assemblies end-to-end — driving improvements in manufacturing methods, identifying new suppliers, and developing reliable rate-ramp processes.
• Conduct DFM reviews to ensure parts are manufacturable, preferably prior to sourcing.
• Partner with procurement to vet suppliers for quality capability and takt time alignment.
• Author and flow down specifications translating Rocket Lab quality and manufacturing requirements to the supply base.
• Scope advanced depaneling (cutting), optical inspection (AOI), and X-ray inspection technologies that improve rate, quality, or efficiency.
• Drive root cause resolution on assigned part issues; implement changes at suppliers or internally and pursue re-sourcing where warranted.
• Create and disposition Nonconformance tickets; coordinate rework, repair, or use-as-is dispositions with engineering.
• Lead containment activities on assigned parts — define scope, align cross-functional stakeholders, and drive to resolution.

Skills

Supplier quality

Regulated industry experience

GD&T knowledge

Engineering drawing interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechatronic Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Job description

Rocket Lab is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer (I, II, Senior I, Senior II) - PCBA based in Long Beach, CA. This role ensures quality requirements for procured parts, services, and processes are achieved, acting as a liaison between design/manufacturing and suppliers.

You will drive supplier improvements, translate quality requirements, and manage containment, NCRs, and rework while partnering with procurement to verify supplier capabilities and timing.