Senior Space-Grade Supplier Quality Engineer

CesiumAstro, Inc.; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 136,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality programs for space-grade electronics. You will implement AS9100 processes, drive supplier qualification, and partner with design and manufacturing teams to ensure manufacturability and compliance.

You have 8+ years in aerospace supplier quality, a bachelor's in engineering, and proven RCA/SCAR experience. This full-time role in Westminster, Colorado offers stock options and a robust benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of supplier quality experience in aerospace and defense industries.
• Experience managing suppliers for space-grade machining, PCBs, PCBAs, integrated assemblies, and test.
• Demonstrated skills in supplier management, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to interpret engineering documentation, requirements, and other supplier flow downs.
• Experience with certified quality management systems such as AS9100 or ISO 9001.
• Expertise in root cause analysis methodologies and corrective action implementation.
• Experience with aerospace and electronics manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain supplier quality processes and documentation in accordance with AS9100, leveraging business systems functionalities to drive process efficiency and effectiveness.
• 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

AS9100/ISO 9001

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Aerospace manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Quality

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality programs for space-grade electronics. You will implement AS9100 processes, drive supplier qualification, and partner with design and manufacturing teams to ensure manufacturability and compliance.

You have 8+ years in aerospace supplier quality, a bachelor's in engineering, and proven RCA/SCAR experience. This full-time role in Westminster, Colorado offers stock options and a robust benefits package.