# Supplier Quality Engineer

Worker Type RegularJob Description Summary The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) III interfaces with development and supplier engineering to provide materials and components for company product manufacturing. Assesses supplier's ability to meet engineering and quality requirements. Evaluate supplier by conducting audits to assess their capability, and overall performance. Is responsible for ensuring supplier quality performance by monitoring metrics, communications, resolving supplier corrective action requests and supporting receiving inspection on supplier related issues. Position Responsibilities Performs quality and process audits at suppliers to ensure quality systems and manufacturing processes are aligned with requirements for procured material Serves as lead auditor for approval of suppliers. May perform source inspections at the manufacturer's facility Participates in review of drawing to ensure suppliers understand requirements. Works as a member of team to realize cost reductions, product introductions and quality improvements Consistently demonstrates knowledge of the use of quality improvements methodology such as SPC, Six Sigma, Poka-yoke, lean manufacturing and is skil

- **Id**: 4091031
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aerovironment-supplier-quality-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Albuquerque, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T20:13:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T16:16:17Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6865
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drones & UAVs, Military Drones, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 176366
- **Name**: AeroVironment
- **Domain**: avinc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aerovironment>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 35
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.771
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 36
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 91000
- **Max**: 154500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 154500

## Technologies

- **AS9100** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T20:13:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 154500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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