Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

The  Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer (SQE)  is responsible for ensuring that SEAKRs supply chain is consistently able to provide high-quality reliable mechanicals and components for aerospace applications.  This person will participate in supplier quality audits performs source inspections audits supplier quality management systems and tracks supplier performance.  The SQE plays a critical role in SEAKRs Product Assurance department ensuring that flowed-down mechanical and electrical component requirements are properly executed and can resolve potential supplier quality issues.  The SQE reports to the Manager of the Supplier Quality Engineering Group.

IN THIS POSITION YOU WILL

• Support procurement program management manufacturing and engineering with all supplier quality related activities.
• Report to the office to act as a Receiving Inspection liaison to assist with material discrepancies and visual findings as reported by the Receiving Inspection team.
• Regularly attend and participate in any assigned commodity Control Board; As a sitting member you will help support discussion on new suppliers track receipts and dispositions and propose or support additional testing required to vet suspect production / lots.
• Maintain a relationship with the internal SEAKR Engineering Radiation CE Procurement / Property and Receiving Inspection teams to maintain a high-level overview and understanding of challenges.
• Perform local quality system evaluations of new and ongoing suppliers.
• Perform onsite supplier surveillance during fabrication of flight articles to assure compliance with requirements.
• Draft and maintain electronic records of supplier surveillance and evaluation reports in a timely manner.
• Create / maintain supplier approval rating and records including survey records and Quality Management Systems (QMS) certifications in SEAKRs ERP system.
• Perform a review and approval of purchase orders of flight hardware.
• Identify and mitigate supplier-born risks.
• Analyze supplier defect trends and lead continuous improvement projects.
• Support Receiving Inspection with non-conformance evaluations and Material Review Board (MRB) dispositions.
• Communicate non-conformances to supplier and request track and help implement corrective / preventive action where necessary.
• Work with Procurement and other SQE / Mechanical and Component Engineers to vet and onboard new suppliers.

Qualifications :

REQUIRED SKILLS EXPERIENCE & QUALITIES

DESIRED SKILLS EXPERIENCE & QUALITIES

Additional Information :

Compensation : Base salary range is $ depending on qualifications. SEAKR has very rich medical dental and vision insurance plans along with a generous 401(k) retirement addition to base salary employees are eligible for a year-end bonus. SEAKR offers a variety of paid leave such as vacation sick bereavement and FMLA.

SEAKR is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

US Citizenship Required

Applications will be accepted until 11 / 13 / 25.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Test Cases,Performance Testing,Quality Assurance,SOC,Agile,Debugging,Jira,Perl,Software Testing,Test Automation,Scripting,Selenium

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1