Supplier Quality Manager

About the role

EVONA is partnering with a fast-growing aerospace and space technology company seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Manager to lead its supplier quality engineering function. This is a key leadership position responsible for managing and developing a team of Supplier Quality Engineers while driving supplier qualification, development, performance, compliance, and corrective action across a complex aerospace and defense supply chain. You'll work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure suppliers consistently meet stringent AS9100, customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Supplier Quality Engineers.
• Own supplier quality staffing, workload allocation, performance management, and resource planning.
• Oversee supplier qualification, audits, performance reviews, risk assessments, and ongoing supplier development.
• Drive supplier compliance with AS9100, QMS, customer, industry, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead escalated supplier nonconformance investigations and root cause corrective actions.
• Manage and drive closure of Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs).
• Oversee supplier site audits and source inspections.
• Partner with Engineering on design-for-manufacturability (DFM) considerations.
• Establish and monitor supplier KPIs, including defect rates, nonconformances, on-time delivery, rework/scrap costs, and SCAR resolution.
• Use supplier performance data to improve supplier capability and build strategic supplier relationships.
• Drive continuous improvement across supplier quality processes and systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or another relevant technical discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant quality or supplier quality experience.
• 1–3+ years of leadership or management experience, including direct supervision of quality or supplier quality engineers.
• Strong knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001.
• Experience with supplier qualification, PPAP and AS9102 First Article Inspection.
• Strong root cause and structured problem-solving experience, including 8D, 5-Why and Fishbone methodologies.
• Knowledge of statistical process control (SPC) and quality inspection methods.
• Understanding of ITAR/EAR and DFARS requirements within aerospace and defense.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP and QMS systems.
• Strong supplier management and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and occasionally internationally, up to approximately 50%.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
• Certified Quality Manager (CQM)
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• HSA and FSA options
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement plans
• Stock options

Pay

$136,000–$167,000 base salary, depending on experience, education, skills, and other relevant factors.

Export Control Requirements

Due to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee as defined under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or otherwise eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.