Propulsion Supplier Quality Lead - Aerospace & Defense

Speedrun Talent Network; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality professional to lead qualification, audits, and development across propulsion supplier base. You will ensure QMS compliance and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams to reduce risk and improve performance.

Ideal candidates have aerospace quality experience, AS9100/ISO-9001 knowledge, and strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to travel up to 20% for supplier visits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in aerospace quality.
• Strong knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001 and aerospace supplier quality requirements.
• Proficient in root-cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Whys, fishbone).
• Experience with PPAP and First Article Inspection (AS9102).
• Understanding of ITAR, EAR, DFARS for aerospace suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier qualification, risk assessments, performance reviews, audits, source inspections, and approved-supplier status across the propulsion commodity supply base.
• Ensure supplier requirements are effectively flowed down and that suppliers comply with applicable quality management system, engineering, customer, contractual, regulatory, and statutory requirements.
• Escalate significant supplier-quality risks and direct SCARs, supplier recovery efforts, and capability-improvement plans that could affect product quality, delivery, mission readiness, or program execution.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program teams to address supplier producibility, design-for-manufacturability, process capability, technical execution, and quality risks.
• Advance supplier-quality processes, business systems, data analytics, and continuous-improvement practices that strengthen supplier capability, product quality, delivery performance, and supply-base resilience.

Skills

Supplier qualification

Audits

Root cause analysis

8D problem solving

PPAP

AS9100/ISO-9001

ITAR/DFARS

ERP/MRP

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel up to 20%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality professional to lead qualification, audits, and development across propulsion supplier base. You will ensure QMS compliance and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams to reduce risk and improve performance.

Ideal candidates have aerospace quality experience, AS9100/ISO-9001 knowledge, and strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to travel up to 20% for supplier visits.