Supplier Quality Specialist - Machining (R6584)

Telemetry Today LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a role within our Supply Chain Quality team to oversee supplier qualification, development, and performance management across the machining commodity base. You will conduct supplier audits, resolve nonconformances, perform root-cause investigations, and manage hardware dispositions to ensure purchased components meet engineering and regulatory standards.

You will partner with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program teams to reduce risk and

Qualifications

• Experience in supplier qualification and development.
• Experience with supplier audits and root-cause investigations.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams to resolve supplier-quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Perform supplier qualification, development, and performance management across the machining commodity supply base.
• Conduct supplier audits, nonconformance resolution, and hardware dispositions.
• Evaluate supplier capability, quality performance, organizational risk, and resource needs to meet engineering, customer, regulatory, and quality requirements.

Job description

Shield AI is actively seeking candidates with deep expertise in manufacturing and quality methodologies, paired with a relentless drive to enable supplier success and strengthen mission-critical operations.

Shield AI’s Supply Chain Quality team is responsible for global quality oversight across our supplier base. The team reduces supply-chain risk through supplier assessments and internal risk reviews, proactively drives supplier qualification and development activities.

In this role, you will be responsible for supplier qualification, development, performance management, and quality assurance across the machining commodity supply base. You will conduct supplier audits, nonconformance resolution, root-cause investigations, and hands on hardware dispositions.

You will evaluate supplier capability, quality performance, organizational risk, and resource needs to ensure purchased hardware and materials meet Shield AI engineering, customer, regulatory, and quality requirements. You will partner closely with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program teams to resolve complex supplier-quality issues, improve supplier capability, and reduce quality and delivery risk across the supply base.