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Staff Supplier Development Engineer

Long Beach (CA)💼 Full-time💰 $143,000–$143,000🗓 2026-04-30 → 2026-07-31

Core

Technical point of contact for rocket parts and assemblies, resolving manufacturing and quality issues to protect production schedules while leading new product introduction.

Role type

Staff Supplier Development Engineer

Builds

Scalable manufacturing processes and quality systems for the Terran R rocket program

Domain

Aerospace manufacturing / Space hardware

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Supplier quality management, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), APQP, PPAP, 8D problem solving, AS9100/ISO 9001/NASA standards compliance, ERP/MRP systems, metal forming/cutting/machining/assembly knowledge, root cause analysis, supplier sourcing and evaluation

Preferred skills

High-volume inspection methods, data-driven acceptance methods, PLM/MES applications, data analysis, New Product Development

Technologies

ERP, MRP, PLM, MES

Responsibilities

Resolve manufacturing and quality issues for rocket parts and assemblies, select manufacturing methods and identify suppliers, conduct DFM reviews, manage supplier sourcing and evaluations, create specifications for quality and manufacturing requirements, analyze defect data and lead root cause investigations

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic process ownership

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