Senior Aerospace Supplier Quality Engineer

CesiumAstro; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 175,000; Full time

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CesiumAstro in El Segundo, CA, is hiring a Principal Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality across aerospace electronics, ensuring compliance with AS9100/ISO9001 and driving DFM collaboration with design teams. This role emphasizes leadership, strategic supplier partnerships, and optimization of RCAs and SCARs.

You will oversee supplier performance, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives while guiding cross-functional teams in a startup-like environment dedicated to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 9 years of supplier quality experience in aerospace and defense.
• Experience managing suppliers for space-grade machining, PCBs, PCBAs, integrated assemblies, and test.
• Experience with certified quality management systems such as AS9100 or ISO 9001.
• Expertise in root cause analysis methodologies and corrective action implementation.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain supplier quality processes and documentation in accordance with AS9100.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, supply chain to ensure supplier flow down and compliance to QMS, customer, industry, regulatory/statutory, and any applicable requirements.
• Maintain approved suppliers including supplier qualification, periodic performance review, supplier relationship management, risk assessment, and removal, if needed.
• Provide technical guidance, support, and training to suppliers to ensure alignment to CesiumAstro requirements for execution.
• Collaborate with design engineering to ensure suppliers design for manufacturability (DFM) considerations are incorporated.
• Perform nonconformance investigation and drive root cause corrective action when supplier issues occur.
• Support disposition of nonconformances including rework, scrap, and RMA.
• Monitor and drive supplier corrective actions requests (SCARs) when escalated.
• Establish and analyze supplier performance metrics including defect rate, nonconformances, on-time delivery, cost of rework/scrap, and supplier corrective action resolution.
• Use performance data to drive strategic partnerships and develop supplier capability with key suppliers.
• Perform supplier site audits and source inspection as needed.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Supplier quality management

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related technical field

Tools

AS9100

ISO 9001

Job description

CesiumAstro in El Segundo, CA, is hiring a Principal Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality across aerospace electronics, ensuring compliance with AS9100/ISO9001 and driving DFM collaboration with design teams. This role emphasizes leadership, strategic supplier partnerships, and optimization of RCAs and SCARs.

You will oversee supplier performance, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives while guiding cross-functional teams in a startup-like environment dedicated to