Senior Supplier Reliability Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite at the Long Beach location. The role requires travel up to 50% of the time, evening and/or weekend work for critical mission milestones, and the ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted. Employment requires U.S. person status or eligibility for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $123,000–$230,000 USD per year in California.

Company

Develops next-generation space stations, space infrastructure, satellites, and future crewed systems for government, corporate, and private customers.

What you will do

• Evaluate, onboard, audit, and assess suppliers against quality standards.
• Build supplier relationships, address quality issues, identify supply chain risks, and implement improvements.
• Work with design and manufacturing engineers to understand design intent for piece parts, assemblies, and subsystems.
• Lead design-for-manufacturability reviews and assess supplier manufacturing, inspection, and quality processes before sourcing.
• Define supplier technical and quality requirements for new product introduction and production, and analyze quality and delivery metrics.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective action for escapes and nonconformances, driving verified improvements and cost reduction.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Materials, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of reliability, process, or quality engineering experience in a production environment, including hands-on RCCA for product or process issues.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing and special processes, failure mechanisms, and inspection or NDE methods.
• Experience reading and applying industry specifications and drawing requirements.
• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted and travel up to 50% of the time.
• U.S. person status as defined by U.S. export control regulations, or eligibility for deemed export licensing.

Nice to have

• Proven record of taking RCCAs to verified closure and influencing suppliers to achieve results.
• Hands-on failure analysis experience.
• Knowledge of ISO 9000, AS9100, NADCAP, PPAP, APQP, and FAI.
• Familiarity with aerospace specifications for special processes, inspection, and process control.
• Experience with MSA, DOE, hypothesis testing, Cpk, 8D, fault tree analysis, Ishikawa, and Six Sigma.
• Experience with additive manufacturing, welding, fracture mechanics, or damage tolerance.
• Experience with MES and PLM systems, Google Suite, SQL, and Python.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment across multiple functions, with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, 20+ vacation days for exempt staff, paid parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Access to a 401(k), ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and other discounts.
• Free snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch at the onsite workplace.