Supply Reliability Specialist - Millennium Space Systems

About the role

Mission: To provide technical support to the Supply Reliability Engineers and the Receiving Inspection team in maintaining supplier quality, receiving inspection, and quality system compliance.

Responsibilities

• Aid in the review, coordination, and resolution of supplier-related nonconformances (NCs).
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Reliability, and Quality Receiving Inspection to resolve quality issues and improve supplier performance.
• Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) discussions involving supplier-related non-conformances and provide technical input.
• Aid in ensuring Supplier Deviation Requests (SDRs), waivers, or approved engineering deviations are in place prior to suppliers shipping nonconforming products.
• Administer supplier quality and purchasing related documentation and systems of record (e.g., Quality Clauses, Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) packages, etc.).
• Support supplier corrective action activities and follow up on open quality issues.
• Perform supplier audits to verify compliance with AS9100, customer requirements, and company quality standards.
• Visit supplier facilities to assess receiving and final inspection processes, verify Source Inspection readiness, review supplier quality documentation, and support supplier development initiatives.
• Cover Source Inspection activities as assigned.
• Review and disposition as applicable, supplier nonconformances.
• Support periodic calibration sweeps and maintain the Receiving Inspection calibration log and equipment records.
• Assist with onboarding and training new Receiving Inspection personnel.
• Aid in developing and maintaining Receiving Inspection and Supplier Quality procedures, work instructions, forms, and standard operating procedures.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for supplier quality and receiving inspection.
• Assist in monitoring supplier quality metrics and identifying process improvements.
• Support audits for Receiving Inspection.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical degree or engineering-related training preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 5 years of Supplier Quality, Receiving Inspection, or Source Inspection experience.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 and AS9102 requirements.