Supplier Quality Specialist - PCBA (R6587)

Telemetry Today LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is actively seeking experts in manufacturing and quality to ensure supplier success and strengthen mission-critical operations. The role focuses on quality oversight across the supplier base and proactive supplier development.

You will evaluate supplier capability and quality performance, drive supplier qualification activities, and work with cross-functional teams to resolve complex issues and reduce risk across the supply base.

Responsibilities

• Perform supplier qualification, development, and quality assurance across the PCBA supply base.
• Conduct supplier audits, resolve nonconformances, and lead root-cause investigations.
• Assess supplier capability, quality performance, and risk to ensure purchased hardware meets requirements.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations and Programs to mitigate supplier quality issues.

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 PCBA 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.