Senior Space & Aerospace Supplier Quality Engineer

Airbus Ventures; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 136,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Health, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to help develop and maintain supplier quality processes for space-grade electronics and aerospace systems. You will work with a cross‑functional team to ensure DFx, QA, and supplier performance goals are met in a startup‑like environment.

Responsibilities include supplier qualification, nonconformance investigation, SCAR monitoring, and driving continuous improvement with key suppliers.

Qualifications

• 8 years of supplier quality experience in aerospace/defense.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• Experience with space-grade machining, PCBs, PCBAs, integrated assemblies, and test.
• Expertise in root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Experience with AS9100 or ISO 9001.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain supplier quality processes and documentation per AS9100.
• Collaborate across engineering, operations, and supply chain for supplier flow-down and QMS compliance.
• Manage approved suppliers including qualification, performance reviews, risk assessment, and removal.
• Provide technical guidance to suppliers to align with CesiumAstro requirements.
• Work with design engineering to ensure DFN manufacturability considerations.
• Conduct nonconformance investigations and drive corrective actions.
• Support disposition of nonconformances including rework, scrap, and RMA.
• Monitor SCARs and drive supplier corrective actions.
• Establish and analyze supplier performance metrics (defects, on-time delivery, costs).
• Use data to develop supplier capability and strategic partnerships.
• Perform supplier site audits and source inspections as needed.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Supplier quality leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Quality/technical field

Tools

AS9100/ISO 9001

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to help develop and maintain supplier quality processes for space-grade electronics and aerospace systems. You will work with a cross‑functional team to ensure DFx, QA, and supplier performance goals are met in a startup‑like environment.

Responsibilities include supplier qualification, nonconformance investigation, SCAR monitoring, and driving continuous improvement with key suppliers.