Senior Manager, Supplier Quality (R6220)

Telemetry Today LLC; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Shield AI is seeking a senior leader to drive supplier quality initiatives across its aerospace and defense supplier base. You will lead a team responsible for supplier qualification, development, performance management, and quality assurance to meet engineering, regulatory, and customer requirements.

You will set quality priorities, manage team capacity and resource allocation, and guide hands-on hardware dispositions, audits, and root-cause investigations.

Formación

• Proven leadership of supplier quality teams in aerospace/defense contexts.
• Experience driving supplier qualification, performance management, and quality assurance programs.
• Strong problem-solving skills across nonconformances, audits, and corrective actions.

Responsabilidades

• Lead supplier quality team across aerospace/defense supply base; set priorities and allocate resources.
• Oversee supplier audits, nonconformance resolution, and root-cause investigations.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations and Programs to reduce risk and ensure compliance.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Supplier quality

Root cause analysis

Quality systems

Descripción del empleo

Shield AI is actively seeking candidates with deep expertise in manufacturing and quality methodologies, paired with a relentless drive to enable supplier success and strengthen mission-critical operations.

Shield AI’s Supply Chain Quality team is responsible for global quality oversight across our supplier base. The team reduces supply-chain risk through supplier assessments and internal risk reviews, proactively drives supplier qualification and development activities.

In this role, you will lead a supplier quality team responsible for supplier qualification, development, performance management, and quality assurance across Shield AI’s aerospace and defense supply base. You will set supplier-quality priorities; manage team capacity, technical execution, and resource allocation; and develop high-performing quality leaders. The role also oversees supplier audits, nonconformance resolution, root-cause investigations, and hands on hardware dispositions.

You will evaluate supplier capability, quality performance, organizational risk, and resource needs to ensure purchased hardware and materials meet Shield AI engineering, customer, regulatory, and quality requirements. As an experienced aerospace quality leader, you will partner closely with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program teams to resolve complex supplier-quality issues, improve supplier capability, and reduce quality and delivery risk across the supply base.