Supplier Quality Engineer: Build a Robust Supply Chain

Radiant; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical plan

One Medical

Vision plan

Dental plan

Paid parental leave

Daily catered lunch

Flexible PTO

Onsite headquarters

Job summary

Radiant, an El Segundo, CA-based startup building portable nuclear microreactors, seeks a Supply Quality Engineer to own supplier qualification, onboardings, and the end-to-end quality program. You will lead audits, drive supplier improvements, and partner with design, manufacturing, and materials teams to ensure parts meet exact standards.

You will work onsite at Radiant's El Segundo HQ, owning documentation and supplier relationships in a fast-paced, safety-critical environment focused on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• 3–6 years of hands-on supplier quality, supplier development, or supplier reliability engineering in a regulated industry (nuclear, aerospace, defense, or medical device).
• Ability to independently process supplier quality transactions: deviations, non-conformance reports, supplier corrective actions, PO quality reviews, cert packages.

Responsibilities

• Own the supplier qualification and onboarding process end-to-end — pre-assessments, capability reviews, audit execution, and formal approval to the Approved Supplier List.
• Own, refine, and expand quality program documentation — including quality clauses, commodity-specific requirements, and the Supplier Quality Manual.
• Develop supplier capability improvement plans — identify process gaps, partner with suppliers to close them, track milestones.
• Own Radiant's procurement assurance and acceptance framework — define item acceptance across supplier types and quality levels.
• Execute supplier audits and manage supplier performance — audit against Radiant quality program, close findings, drive improvements.
• Partner cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, and materials teams to translate requirements into supplier-facing quality requirements.
• Process and disposition supplier quality issues — deviation requests, non-conformance reports, supplier corrective action requests, root cause analysis.

Skills

Supplier quality

Audits

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Quality systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Materials Science, or related field

Tools

ISO 9001

AS9100

Quality management systems

Audit methods

Job description

Radiant, an El Segundo, CA-based startup building portable nuclear microreactors, seeks a Supply Quality Engineer to own supplier qualification, onboardings, and the end-to-end quality program. You will lead audits, drive supplier improvements, and partner with design, manufacturing, and materials teams to ensure parts meet exact standards.

You will work onsite at Radiant's El Segundo HQ, owning documentation and supplier relationships in a fast-paced, safety-critical environment focused on