Supplier Reliability Engineer - Metallic Materials & Processes
Core
Ensuring consistent quality and reliability of metallic components and products from suppliers for artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
Role type
Senior/Staff Supplier Reliability Engineer (Metallic Materials & Processes)
Builds
Human-rated space station systems and components
Domain
Aerospace / Space Infrastructure / Metallurgy
Required skills
Metallurgy, heat treatment, forging, extrusion, casting, welding, NDE, AMS/ASTM standards, RCCA, failure analysis (fractography, metallography, SEM/EDS), statistical methods (MSA, DOE, Cpk), 8D/fault tree/Ishikawa/Six Sigma, MES/PLM systems
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in Materials Science/Metallurgy, hands-on failure analysis, quality systems (ISO 9000, AS9100, NADCAP), supplier quality processes (PPAP, APQP, FAI), additive manufacturing, EB/fusion welding metallurgy, fracture mechanics, damage tolerance, Python/SQL
Technologies
MES, PLM, Google Suite, SQL, Python
Responsibilities
Evaluate and onboard new suppliers via audits; establish supplier relationships and address quality issues; collaborate with design/manufacturing engineers on DFM reviews; drive continuous improvement and corrective actions; define technical/quality requirements; analyze supplier metrics; lead root cause analysis for escapes/contaminants.
Seniority
Senior/Staff, hands-on IC
