# Senior Principal Supplier Quality Engineer

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Senior Principal Supplier Quality Engineer. As Monarch Quantum scales, you will be instrumental in building our quality architecture and supplier ecosystem from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Director of Supply Chain, you will serve as the premier technical authority on supplier quality across high-precision commodities critical to our laser light engines and quantum computer system integration. This is a dynamic, high-impact leadership role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You will establish rigorous quality systems, lead cross-functional risk mitigation (DFx), and drive vendor excellence across optics, advanced electronics, fiber optics, and exotic metal fabrications. Key Responsibilities: Supplier Quality Architecture & Strategy: Lead the definition and execution of Monarch’s global Supplier Quality Engineering strategy and Quality Management System (QMS) framework from early development through production scale-up. Technical & Commodity Ownership: Serve as the technical expert for 2 or more critical supplier commodities, including optical components (lenses, mirrors, coatings), printed circu

- **Id**: 699022
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/monarchquantum-senior-principal-supplier-quality-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-06T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T02:14:52Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 101
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4954
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Quantum Computing Hardware, Optics & Photonic Components

## Company

- **Id**: 678365
- **Name**: Monarch Quantum
- **Domain**: monarchquantum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/monarchquantum>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 37
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 54
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 175000
- **Max**: 225000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225000

## Technologies

- **AS9100** — Optional: no
- **CAPA** — Optional: no
- **FMEA** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **Mandiant capa** — Optional: no
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 100

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T02:29:19Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 20
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.565
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 100
- **Expected fill days**: 54
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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