Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage.

You will be responsible for delivering Hermeus Quality support for Supply Chain, including closely partnering with key stakeholders from Engineering, Manufacturing, Subcontract Management, Program Management, and various suppliers.

You will travel (~50%) to supplier sites to facilitate development activities & remedial actions, and conduct supplier audits as required.

You will provide Quality support to the Supply Chain team for the qualification and ASL-onboarding of new suppliers.

You will support inspection of components to internal and industry standards to determine part conformity and driving the Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) process where necessary via Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) when a nonconformance is found.

You will perform documentation review and verification of supplier certifications, specifications, and conformance to design requirements, as required or when escalated by the Incoming Inspection team.

You will approve or reject items and documents based on inspection results as required

You will communicate with internal customers and suppliers to resolve inspection discrepancies, documentation issues, and packaging damage

You will use electronic MES/QMS system to document issues, route parts and components and workflows to proper individuals.

You will support ongoing QMS development, continuous improvement, and lean manufacturing initiatives – developing and documenting new processes when required.

You will communicate and resolve roadblocks timely and accurately to ensure delivery and on-time receipt status – escalating to leadership when necessary.

You will apply process improvement methodologies and tools to reduce supplier quality issues and increase production rates

U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS

The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. US persons include U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Hermeus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions at Hermeus are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

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