Supplier Quality Specialist - Harnessing (R6588)

The role

This role is a Supplier Quality Specialist for harnessing parts. The job covers supplier qualification, audits, risk reviews, and corrective actions across the harnessing supply base.

What you will do

• Conduct supplier qualification, risk assessments, periodic performance reviews, supplier audits, and source inspections across the harnessing commodity supply base.
• Ensure supplier requirements are flowed down and suppliers comply with quality, engineering, customer, contractual, regulatory, and statutory requirements.
• Escalate significant supplier-quality risks and direct SCARs, supplier recovery efforts, and capability-improvement plans.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program teams on producibility, design-for-manufacturability, process capability, and quality risks.
• Advance supplier-quality processes, business systems, data analytics, and continuous-improvement practices.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or another related technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 quality-management systems and aerospace and defense supplier-quality requirements.
• Proficiency in root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving, including 8D, 5 Whys, and fishbone analysis.
• Experience with supplier qualification, supplier development, PPAP, and First Article Inspection, including AS9102 requirements.
• Understanding of ITAR, EAR, DFARS, and other requirements applicable to aerospace and defense suppliers.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, executive communication, and supplier relationship-management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems.
• Ability to travel up to approximately 20% of the time.

Nice to have

• Aerospace or defense industry experience.
• IPC-620 Certified.
• J-STD-001 Certified.
• Hands-on experience with harness assembly and test processes.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), or equivalent quality certification.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience leading supplier-quality functions in a high-growth aerospace, defense, autonomy, robotics, or advanced-manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting production and qualification of complex electromechanical, electronic, precision-machined, composite, or avionics hardware.

Benefits

• Bonus and equity for full-time regular employees.
• Benefits for full-time regular employees.
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment.

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.