Senior Supplier Quality Engineer I - Pcba

Rocket Lab

Long Beach, CA, United States
On-site
Technical point of contact for suppliers
Own production components end-to-end
Dfm reviews for manufacturability
Serve as the technical point of contact for assigned parts and assemblies, solving emergent supplier quality challenges and mitigating risk to the manifest

Job Summary

  • Serve as the technical point of contact for assigned parts and assemblies, solving emergent supplier quality challenges and mitigating risk to the manifest.
  • Own production components and assemblies end-to-end — driving improvements in manufacturing methods, identifying new suppliers, and developing reliable rate-ramp processes.
  • Drive root cause resolution on assigned part issues; implement changes at suppliers or internally and pursue re-sourcing where warranted.

Matching Summary

Serve as the technical point of contact for assigned parts and assemblies, solving emergent supplier quality challenges and mitigating risk to the manifest.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Technical point of contact for suppliers
  • Own production components end-to-end
  • DFM reviews for manufacturability
  • Root cause resolution on part issues
  • Create and disposition nonconformance tickets
  • Lead containment activities on parts

Nice-to-have

  • IPC standards fluency
  • Failure analysis techniques for electronics
  • Component qualification and counterfeit parts mitigation
  • Familiarity with ESD controls
  • Structured problem-solving experience

Key Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years' experience in a regulated industry
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • Prior experience in a supplier quality role
  • Proficiency with GD&T and engineering drawing interpretation

Work Rights

Not specified

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