Staff Supplier Quality Engineer - Space Electronics & Stock Options

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health, dental, vision

HSA

FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality activities for space-grade electronics and assemblies. You will ensure readiness, compliance, and performance across suppliers for machining, PCBs, PCBAs, and integrated assemblies.

You will collaborate with design and manufacturing teams to enforce DFM, drive root-cause analysis, and manage SCARs while maintaining supplier relationships and continuous improvements.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain supplier quality processes and documentation per AS9100.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations and supply chain to ensure supplier flow down and compliance to QMS and requirements.
• Maintain approved suppliers including qualification, performance review, and supplier relationship management.
• Provide technical guidance to suppliers to ensure alignment with CesiumAstro requirements.
• Collaborate with design engineering to incorporate DFM considerations.
• Investigate nonconformances and drive root cause corrective actions.
• Support disposition of nonconformances including rework, scrap and RMA.
• Monitor SCARs and drive corrective actions when escalated.
• Establish and analyze supplier performance metrics over defects, on-time delivery, and corrective actions.
• Use performance data to develop strategic supplier partnerships and capabilities.
• Perform supplier site audits and source inspections as needed.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Supplier management

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Documentation interpretation

AS9100 familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Quality or related field

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality activities for space-grade electronics and assemblies. You will ensure readiness, compliance, and performance across suppliers for machining, PCBs, PCBAs, and integrated assemblies.

You will collaborate with design and manufacturing teams to enforce DFM, drive root-cause analysis, and manage SCARs while maintaining supplier relationships and continuous improvements.