Shield AI
Senior Manager, Supplier Quality (R6220)
Seattle, Washington · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- At least 7 years of relevant experience, including 2–5 years of leadership or people-management experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or another related technical discipline.
About the job
Leads Shield AI’s supplier quality team and oversees supplier qualification, performance, audits, corrective actions, and quality assurance across its aerospace and defense supply base.
What you'll do
- Set team priorities, allocate resources, and develop supplier-quality leaders and engineers.
- Oversee supplier qualification, risk reviews, audits, inspections, nonconformance resolution, and supplier recovery or improvement plans.
- Partner across functions to resolve supplier-quality risks and improve supplier capability, product quality, delivery, and supply-base resilience.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or another related technical discipline.
- At least 7 years of relevant experience, including 2–5 years of leadership or people-management experience directly responsible for Quality Engineering and/or Supplier Quality Engineering personnel.
- Knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 and aerospace and defense supplier-quality requirements; experience with supplier qualification, supplier development, PPAP, and First Article Inspection, including AS9102.
- Proficiency in root-cause analysis methods including 8D, 5 Whys, and fishbone analysis; understanding of ITAR, EAR, and DFARS; experience using ERP/MRP systems.
Nice to have
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), or equivalent quality certification; Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Experience leading supplier quality in aerospace, defense, autonomy, robotics, or advanced manufacturing, or supporting complex hardware production and qualification.
Tools
AS9100, ISO 9001, 8D, 5 Whys, PPAP, AS9102, ITAR, ERP/MRP systems
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