Supplier Quality Engineer (Mechanical Components and Mechanisms)

• Establish phase gates at suppliers for new product introduction and production, and manage the program to success by supporting supplier activities to ramp up to full rate production
• Spearhead root cause analysis and countermeasures with the supplier by working with a cross-functional team of engineers and supply chain managers
• Work with design engineers to capture requirements and ensure appropriate inspection processes are in place, at the supplier and at Astranis (incoming quality control)
• Review vendor documentation such as certifications and end item data packages to approve shipment
• Perform supplier audits and qualification activities to certify contract manufacturers for flight hardware production
• Set up procedures for incoming inspection
• Review Astranis drawings and specifications, give feedback for design-for-manufacturing and inspectability, and approve on behalf of manufacturing
• Establish processes to ingest process data from suppliers, and analyze quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and drive improvement as needed
• Work with suppliers to ensure capacity for upcoming programs, and drive make/buy trades and supplier selection to ensure a robust supply and high quality for your product lines
• Generate quality clauses and statements of work for various products and commodities to ensure clear flowdown of requirements to vendors

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Material Science/Physics or similar technical field
• 2-6 years experience in a manufacturing engineering, design engineering, quality engineering, or supply chain engineering role
• Knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and manufacturing principles such as machining, assembly, etc.
• Understanding of GD&T
• Knowledge of supplier quality processes (production part approval process, advanced product quality planning, first article inspection reports, SCARs etc.)
• Ability to work extended hours as needed to meet critical deadlines
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time

• Experience in aerospace manufacturing, including AS9100 quality management system
• Experience with process capability studies and setting up Statistical Process Control monitoring
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., design of experiments, GR&R, process capability studies, statistical process control, etc.
• Understanding of typical NPI and production ramp process including phase gates and milestones

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