Supplier Quality Engineer - Remote

Role overview Manage supplier quality for assigned suppliers and product categories, helping ensure products and manufacturing processes meet quality, regulatory, and customer requirements. The role combines supplier assessments, issue resolution, performance monitoring, and collaboration with internal teams to reduce risk and improve delivery and quality outcomes.

Responsibilities - Monitor supplier quality metrics and compliance, and drive improvements in product and process performance. - Lead investigations into supplier issues, determine root causes, and put corrective and preventive actions in place. - Conduct supplier audits, assessments, and qualification reviews of manufacturing capability, process controls, and quality-system compliance. - Work with suppliers and internal procurement, engineering, and operations teams on product introductions, supplier transitions, and process changes. - Analyze quality trends to identify supply risks and recommend continuous improvement actions. - Manage multiple supplier relationships, supporting problem resolution and improvements in defect rates and on-time delivery.

Requirements - Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality, industrial technology, or a related technical field. - Typically 2–4 years of experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related area. - Knowledge of quality engineering methods, measurement techniques, GD&T, and measurement systems analysis, especially for machined parts. - Experience with root cause and corrective action methods such as 8D, fishbone analysis, and 5 Whys. - Familiarity with PFMEA, AS9102 first article inspection reports, control plans, supplier quality systems, AS9100 or ISO 9001, and auditing. - Strong analytical, communication, and project coordination skills, including the ability to influence suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Nice to have - Aerospace industry experience.

Benefits and work setup - Remote role based in the United States; East Coast candidates are preferred. - Travel is expected to be about 50% or more. - Benefits include paid time off, retirement savings with employer match and profit sharing, health and wellness coverage, learning opportunities, and an employee stock purchase plan.