Stratolaunch
Supplier Quality Engineer
About this role
Stratolaunch seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer to oversee supplier quality management, conduct audits, and drive continuous improvement across their aerospace supply chain. This role involves extensive supplier site visits, quality planning, corrective action leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure compliance with aerospace standards and company requirements.
What you'll do
- Conduct supplier audits and assessments for compliance with AS9100 standards and Stratolaunch requirements
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective action activities (SCARs) for supplier nonconformances
- Manage supplier qualifications, re-qualifications, and ongoing surveillance processes
- Review and approve supplier quality plans, inspection procedures, and first article inspection reports
- Coordinate source inspection activities and sampling plan alignment at supplier sites and receiving
- Collaborate with Supplier Management, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams on strategic sourcing and quality planning
What they're looking for
- Quality management systems (ISO 9001, AS9100, IATF 16949)
- Quality tools and methodologies (MSA, APQP, CAPA)
- Supplier quality management and vendor development
- Aerospace industry standards and compliance
- Root cause analysis and corrective action management
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Statistical analysis (Minitab preferred)
- Self-initiative and priority management
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Stratolaunch
Stratolaunch develops reusable air-launched hypersonic vehicles and testbeds, including the Talon-A platform, designed to operate at Mach 5+ speeds. The company is hiring engineers across aerodynamics, structures, payloads, environmental testing, and avionics systems to support hypersonic vehicle design, integration, testing, and flight operations.
- Website
- stratolaunch.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience conducting supplier audits and assessments against aerospace quality standards like AS9100.
- Walk us through how you led a corrective action request (SCAR) from root cause identification through closure verification.