Supplier Quality Engineer (I, II, Senior I, Senior II) - HarnessingNew$70K
The opportunity
Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine.
What you'll do
Strategically source and onboard suppliers by assessing capabilities,: manufacturing processes, and quality systems.
Develop and implement supplier technical requirements, quality flow downs,: and process controls to meet hardware manufacturing needs.
Oversee and monitor the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and ensure: supplier qualification and reliability activities meet industry standards.
Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends, drive: improvement plans, and recommend technical product enhancements to reduce risk and defects.
Provide feedback to suppliers to optimize manufacturing methods, reduce costs: and cycle times, and increase yields.
Serve as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and: suppliers to resolve quality issues and provide technical support.
What they're looking for
- Lead supplier root cause analysis and corrective actions for quality gaps, escapes, or containments.
- Act as internal owner for supplier SPC, yield improvement, new tool/process: qualification, and overall supplier performance in quality, efficiency, and cost.
- Lead projects and present findings to internal teams, management, and suppliers.
- Experience in a regulated industry: Aerospace, Medical, Automotive, or similar.
