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Supplier Reliability Engineer - Metallic Materials & Processes
$123K–$230K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Master’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
About the job
Ensures the quality and reliability of metal products and components from suppliers for human-rated space station systems.
What you'll do
- Evaluate, onboard, and audit suppliers; assess their manufacturing processes, inspection practices, and quality systems.
- Lead supplier improvement, root-cause and corrective-action efforts, and define supplier technical and quality requirements.
- Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and procurement teams on manufacturability, sourcing, and supplier performance.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years in materials, process, or quality engineering for metal products in a production environment, with hands-on RCCA on material or process issues.
- Working knowledge of metallurgy and metal processes or NDE.
- Experience reading and applying AMS, ASTM, and drawing-callout requirements.
Nice to have
- Hands-on failure analysis; quality systems and supplier quality processes; statistical methods and disciplined problem solving.
- Experience with additive manufacturing, welding metallurgy, fracture mechanics, MES/PLM, SQL, or Python.
Pay
$123,000 — $230,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AMS, ASTM, NDE, ISO 9000, AS9100, NADCAP, SQL, Python
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