Supplier Quality Engineer (Electronics)As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will be tasked with a unique challenge to drive to ZERO defects and scale Astranis production at suppliers as we build our satellite manufacturing business. The Supplier Quality team is responsible for supplier identification, qualification, ongoing development, and corrective action. The job involves technical communication with internal and external teams, traveling to suppliers in different regions, and on-the-spot critical decision making. This role is critical to expanding our manufacturing capability while ensuring extreme reliability to make Astranis a world-class satellite manufacturing company.RoleEstablish phase gates at suppliers for new product introduction and production, and manage the program to success by supporting supplier activities to ramp up to full rate productionSpearhead root cause analysis and countermeasures with the supplier by working with a cross-functional team of engineers and supply chain managersWork with design engineers to capture requirements and ensure appropriate inspection processes are in place, at the supplier and at Astranis (incoming quality control)Review vendor documentation such as certifications and end item data packages to approve shipmentPerform supplier audits and qualification activities to certify contract manufacturers for flight hardware productionReview Astranis PCBA and harness drawings and specifications, give feedback for design-for-manufacturing and inspectability, and approve on behalf of manufacturingEstablish processes to ingest process data from suppliers, and analyze quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and drive improvement as neededGenerate forecasts and work with suppliers to ensure capacity for upcoming programs, and drive make/buy trades and supplier selection to ensure a robust supply and high quality for your product linesGenerate quality clauses and statements of work for various products and commodities to ensure clear flowdown of requirements to vendorsRequirementsBachelor's degree in Engineering/Material Science/Physics or similar technical field2-6 years experience in a manufacturing engineering, design engineering, quality engineering, or supply chain engineering roleKnowledge of supplier quality processes (production part approval process, advanced product quality planning, first article inspection reports, SCARs etc.)Ability to work extended hours as needed to meet critical deadlinesAbility to travel up to 40% of the timeBonusExperience with PCBA production (surface mount technology), harness assembly, and/or EEE piece part procurement and screeningExperience with process capability studies and setting up Statistical Process Control monitoringExperience in aerospace manufacturing, including AS9100 quality management systemExperience with PCBA production (surface mount technology), harness assembly, and/or EEE piece part procurement and screeningIPC-610 and -620 certification, and knowledge of RoHS and similar industry standardsKnowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., design of experiments, GR&R, process capability studies, statistical process control, etc.Has experience in failure analysis and material analysis techniques – SEM/EDX, TEM, XRF, XRD, CSAM, etc., curve tracing a plusUnderstanding of typical NPI and production ramp process including phase gates and milestones
