Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer role is onsite in Austin, TX; compensation is not specified. The engineer supports CesiumAstro’s development of communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The role establishes and maintains supplier quality processes, manages supplier performance and risk, and works across engineering, operations, and supply chain. Its purpose is to ensure suppliers meet quality, customer, industry, and regulatory requirements and to drive corrective action and continuous improvement.

What you'll do

• Maintain supplier quality processes and documentation in accordance with AS9100
• manage supplier qualification, performance reviews, relationships, and risk
• provide supplier guidance and training
• collaborate on design for manufacturability
• investigate nonconformances and drive corrective action
• monitor supplier corrective action requests
• analyze supplier metrics
• conduct supplier audits and source inspections as needed
• implement continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior supplier quality engineer

austin tx

cesiumastro

onsite

supplier quality

as9100

aerospace and defense

supplier audits

root cause analysis

corrective action

pcbs

export-control eligibility

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Company stock options
• health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.

Why this role

Requires 5–8 years of supplier quality experience in aerospace and defense and experience with space-grade machining, PCBs, PCBAs, integrated assemblies, and test. U.S. export-control eligibility requirements apply.

About the employer

CesiumAstro is hiring for this role. Industry: Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing. Sector: 33.