Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Duluth, Georgia; Tempe, Arizona; or remote from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Up to approximately 40% domestic and international travel is required. US citizenship required.

Salary: $117,500–$185,500 annually. For specific work locations in San Jose, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City metropolitan area, the range is $146,000–$219,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops communications solutions that connect consumers, businesses, governments, and militaries around the globe.

What you will do

• Audit and onboard suppliers using commodity and quality-system expertise, while conducting surveillance to mitigate potential issues.
• Develop underperforming suppliers through root-cause corrective action, metrics, monitoring, and AS9100 process improvements.
• Lead company-wide initiatives to create, improve, and standardize quality processes and systems.
• Partner with strategic sourcing, supply chain, NPI, design engineering, operations, and commodity experts on supplier strategy, risk assessment, and escalations.
• Drive improvements in supplier onboarding, surveillance, SCAR closure, aftermarket performance, and core supplier quality metrics.
• Train and mentor quality engineers in auditing, commodity methodologies, and supplier quality processes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a supplier quality role and 10+ years in quality engineering or continuous improvement.
• Engineering bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, with the autonomy to work independently.
• Knowledge of statistics and statistical process control, including the ability to interpret engineering drawings, procedures, process guidelines, and data.
• Experience with ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar standards.
• Experience in one or more relevant commodities, such as fabricated metals, fabricated plastics or polymers, PCB/PCBA, antennas, radiofrequency products, cables, or connectors.
• US citizenship is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with space-flight hardware or aerospace quality-system requirements.
• Lean Six Sigma belt certification and practical knowledge of FMEA, 8D, A3, 5 Why, cause-and-effect, fault-tree analysis, and other failure-analysis tools.
• Experience with PLM tools such as Agile and ERP systems such as Oracle.
• Published standards or recognition as an expert outside hirify.global.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment focused on positive global impact and collaboration.
• Regular employee position with medical, financial, and other benefits.
• Additional cash or stock incentives may be included depending on the position and compensation package.
• Domestic and international travel supports supplier partnerships and quality improvement initiatives.