Senior Supplier Quality Leader, Nuclear (Equity)

Valar Atomics Inc.; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Unlimited PTO

Free onsite lunch/dinner

PPE stipend

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Valar Atomics Inc. seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Manager to build and lead the Supplier Quality organization, ensuring external supply meets engineering, quality, and regulatory requirements as the company scales from prototype to pilot operations and commercial deployment.

You will develop supplier qualification, supplier auditing, and source/receiving inspection strategies, partnering with Procurement and Engineering to flow down requirements and verify performance with independence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 10+ years in supplier quality in regulated technical industries.
• 5+ years leading supplier quality teams and audits.
• Experience qualifying, auditing, and developing suppliers (fabrication, machining, special processes).
• Ability to travel up to 50% to supplier facilities and Valar sites.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop the Supplier Quality organization.
• Own supplier qualification and approval process including capability assessments and supplier list maintenance.
• Develop and execute a risk-based supplier audit program across quality systems and processes.
• Support and mentor the Procurement Engineering function with defined procurement requirements.
• Define and improve source inspection and receiving inspection strategies with graded rigor.
• Flow down engineering, quality, and regulatory requirements through POs and supplier clauses.
• Lead resolution of supplier nonconformances and SCARs with root cause analysis.
• Establish supplier performance monitoring including scorecards and on-time quality metrics.
• Support make/buy decisions and early supplier involvement for manufacturability and quality.
• Serve as interface with suppliers, regulators, auditors, and customers on supplier quality matters.
• Help define scalable supplier quality systems aligned with Valar's graded, risk-informed framework.

Skills

Leadership

Supplier quality

Auditing

Root cause analysis

GD&T interpretation

Procurement collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Materials/Industrial/Quality Engineering

Job description

Valar Atomics Inc. seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Manager to build and lead the Supplier Quality organization, ensuring external supply meets engineering, quality, and regulatory requirements as the company scales from prototype to pilot operations and commercial deployment.

You will develop supplier qualification, supplier auditing, and source/receiving inspection strategies, partnering with Procurement and Engineering to flow down requirements and verify performance with independence.