Supplier Quality Engineer

Overview

ORAU is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer for Type One Energy Group. Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable affordable fusion power to the world.

The company was formed in 2019 by a team of globally-recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state-of-art stellarator fusion machines together with veteran business leaders experienced in successfully scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies.

Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Our FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.

Responsibilities

Type One Energy is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) to lead supplier qualification auditing and performance monitoring activities that ensure purchased materials and services meet all quality engineering and regulatory requirements.

This role will be central to ensuring that suppliers are qualified monitored and managed to meet our technical and compliance requirements while helping to build and strengthen our supplier quality framework.

The ideal candidate will have the technical depth and professional maturity to operate independently during supplier audits and investigations while also collaborating closely with internal teams to embed supplier quality into sourcing and procurement decisions.

Responsibilities

• Plan execute and document supplier qualification and re-qualification audits in alignment with company and ISO 9001 requirements.
• Evaluate supplier quality systems processes and controls to ensure capability to meet specifications.
• Establish track and report supplier performance metrics.
• Lead investigations into supplier non-conformances conducting root cause analysis and driving corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Act as the primary point of contact for supplier quality issues across the company.
• Communicate supplier quality expectations to Engineering Procurement and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Partner with Procurement to integrate supplier quality requirements into sourcing decisions for critical components.
• Support Engineering in ensuring supplier deliverables meet design intent and quality standards.
• Contribute to the development rollout and continuous improvement of supplier quality processes templates and documentation under the direction of the Director of Quality Assurance.
• Ensure processes are practical effective and scalable as the company grows from prototype to production.
• Ensure supplier management activities align with ISO 9001 and other applicable quality standards.
• Demonstrate proactive supplier quality oversight during audits customer reviews and regulatory inspections.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Key Skills

Project / Program Management,Change Management,Succession Planning,Procurement,Program Management,ISO 9001,Lean Six Sigma,Quality Systems,Quality Management,Supplier Management,HACCP,As9100

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1