Supplier Quality Specialist - PCBA
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will qualify and audit suppliers across the PCBA supply base, ensure requirements flow down and suppliers comply, escalate quality risks, direct SCARs and recovery plans, and partner with cross-functional teams on producibility and quality. You'll also improve supplier-quality processes and analytics.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or related discipline
- At least 5 years of relevant experience
- Working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001
- Proficiency in root-cause analysis including 8D, 5 Whys and fishbone
- Experience with supplier qualification, PPAP and First Article Inspection (AS9102)
- Understanding of ITAR, EAR, DFARS
- Strong collaboration and supplier relationship-management skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems
- Ability to travel up to approximately 20%, domestically and internationally
Responsibilities
- Conduct supplier qualification, risk assessments, performance reviews, audits and source inspections
- Ensure supplier requirements are flowed down and complied with
- Escalate supplier-quality risks and direct SCARs and recovery plans
- Partner with cross-functional teams on producibility, DFM and quality risks
- Advance supplier-quality processes, data analytics and continuous improvement
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity