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If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing leading-edge electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.\nIn this position, you will lead multiple supplier quality engineering teams responsible for supplier qualification, development, performance, and quality assurance across the aerospace and defense supply base. This role establishes supplier quality priorities, manages resources and technical execution, develops quality leaders, and oversees supplier audits, quality requirements, nonconformance resolution, and corrective action activities. The Senior Manager evaluates supplier capability, quality performance, organizational risk, and resource requirements to ensure purchased hardware and materials meet engineering, customer, regulatory, and quality requirements.\nThis position requires an experienced aerospace quality leader with deep knowledge of supplier quality engineering, AS9100 quality management systems, supplier development, and manufacturing quality. 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capability improvement plans affecting product quality or program execution.\nPartner with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and supply chain to address supplier producibility, design for manufacturability (DFM), process capability, and quality risks.\nEvaluate supplier capability, quality trends, process performance, and recurring issues to establish development priorities for critical and strategic suppliers.\nAdvance supplier quality processes, business systems, analytics, and continuous improvement practices that strengthen supplier capability, quality performance, and supply-base resilience.\nJOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.\nA minimum of 9 years of related experience with 2-5 years of leadership/management experience, including direct supervision of quality or supplier quality engineering staff.\nStrong working knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001 quality management systems and aerospace supplier 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