Senior Supplier Reliability Engineer — Space Systems

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 123,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Equity

Paid time off

Parental leave

401(k)

Job summary

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior/Staff Supplier Reliability Engineer to ensure quality and reliability of parts from suppliers for Haven Station programs. You will evaluate suppliers, drive RCCA, and partner with design and manufacturing to improve process capability, emphasize NPI and production readiness, and lead corrective actions.

Requires Master’s degree in engineering and 5+ years in reliability/quality in production.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering from a accredited program.
• 5+ years in reliability, process, or quality engineering in a production environment with hands-on RCCA on product/process issues.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing and special processes, failure mechanisms, and inspection or NDE methods.
• Experience reading and applying industry specifications and drawing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and onboard new suppliers. Run regular audits, assessments, and evaluations to confirm they meet Vast's quality standards.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships. Address quality issues, identify supply chain risks, and implement improvements.
• Work with design and manufacturing engineers to understand the design intent of piece parts, assemblies, and subsystems.
• Run design-for-manufacturability reviews early, ideally before sourcing.
• Work with procurement to source parts strategically by assessing supplier manufacturing processes, inspection practices, and quality systems.
• Drive continuous improvement with suppliers and internally. Analyze quality data, identify trends, and implement corrective and preventive actions that improve quality and reduce cost.
• Define supplier technical and quality requirements from customer and program requirements for NPI and production.
• Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to find trends and systemic performance gaps, and build supplier improvement plans.
• Lead root cause and corrective action for any escapes or nonconformances found in Vast manufacturing or the Vast supply chain.
• Show a strong sense of ownership, technical excellence, initiative, and attention to detail.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Quality engineering

RCCA

Statistical methods

Python

SQL

Six Sigma

Additive manufacturing

NDE methods

MSA

Google Suite

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Materials/Manufacturing/Industrial or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MES

PLM

Google Suite

SQL

Job description

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior/Staff Supplier Reliability Engineer to ensure quality and reliability of parts from suppliers for Haven Station programs. You will evaluate suppliers, drive RCCA, and partner with design and manufacturing to improve process capability, emphasize NPI and production readiness, and lead corrective actions.

Requires Master’s degree in engineering and 5+ years in reliability/quality in production.