Senior Propulsion Supplier Quality Engineer

BlackCube Labs; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 106 000 - 159 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Resumo da oferta

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead qualification, development, and performance management across the propulsion supplier base. You will conduct supplier audits, nonconformance resolution, and PPAP/8D activities to ensure hardware meets aerospace standards.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program teams to reduce risk, improve supplier capability, and ensure on-time delivery. Domestic and international travel up to 20% is required.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or another related technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 quality-management systems, as well as aerospace and defense supplier-quality requirements.
• Demonstrated proficiency in root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods, including 8D, 5 Whys, and fishbone analysis.
• Experience with supplier qualification, supplier development, PPAP, and First Article Inspection processes, including AS9102 requirements.
• Understanding of ITAR, EAR, DFARS, and other requirements applicable to aerospace and defense suppliers.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, executive communication, and supplier relationship-management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems.
• Ability to travel to Shield AI manufacturing locations and supplier sites domestically and, as needed, internationally—up to approximately 20% of the time.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct supplier qualification, risk assessments, periodic performance reviews, supplier 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.

Conhecimentos

Root-cause analysis

Executive communication

Supplier quality management

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline

Ferramentas

ERP/MRP systems

Excel/Office

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead qualification, development, and performance management across the propulsion supplier base. You will conduct supplier audits, nonconformance resolution, and PPAP/8D activities to ensure hardware meets aerospace standards.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program teams to reduce risk, improve supplier capability, and ensure on-time delivery. Domestic and international travel up to 20% is required.