Senior PCBA Supplier Quality Engineer

Rocket Lab; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Employee Stock Purchase Program

401(k) with company match

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Rocket Lab seeks multiple Supplier Quality Engineer levels (I, II, Senior I, Senior II) for PCBA to ensure quality requirements for procured parts and processes. Based at our Long Beach HQ, you will translate technical requirements to suppliers, drive improvements, and manage risk across the supply base.

You will own supplier quality activities end-to-end, perform DFMs, coordinate with procurement, and lead containment and NCR processes while collaborating with engineering and manufacturing

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.
• Create and disposition Nonconformance tickets; coordinate rework, repair, or use-as-is dispositions with engineering.

Skills

Regulated industry experience

GD&T proficiency

Supplier quality experience

Education

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

Job description

Rocket Lab seeks multiple Supplier Quality Engineer levels (I, II, Senior I, Senior II) for PCBA to ensure quality requirements for procured parts and processes. Based at our Long Beach HQ, you will translate technical requirements to suppliers, drive improvements, and manage risk across the supply base.

You will own supplier quality activities end-to-end, perform DFMs, coordinate with procurement, and lead containment and NCR processes while collaborating with engineering and manufacturing