Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

The Kuiper team is looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer (mechanical/electro-mechanical) who will define requirements and deploy processes to deliver aerospace quality at unprecedented scale. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker with excellent analytical abilities, strong technical skills, effective written and verbal communication, and most importantly, a passion for developing suppliers to produce high-quality, mission-critical hardware in volume production.

Key job responsibilities
- Own and lead Kuiper supplier quality management activities including requirements definition, part qualification, production process validation, receiving/source inspection, CAPA, metrics reporting, and continuous improvement
- Guide product development teams on supplier selection, assessment, audit and development decisions
- Partner cross-functionally to define Kuiper Quality System in compliance with AS9100 & IS09001
- Scale supplier processes and quality systems to reduce defects with increasing volumes
- Be a subject matter expert in the disciplines of vendor process management and quality control
- Lead external audit teams
- Influence supplier selections and engineering design decisions to factor sustainable quality
- Influence supplier investments to reduce risk and improve quality of components
- Establish and monitor supplier mechanisms for verifying production processes remain in control
- Analyze and improve supplier quality metrics
- Represent Kuiper Supplier Quality in cross-functional initiatives
- Travel as needed to accomplish program objectives


Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

A day in the life
- Participates in product development teams as owner of supplier quality system requirements
- Acts with internal customer obsession on behalf of Kuiper production by reducing defect rates and driving root cause analysis
- Builds and enforces implementation of the Kuiper Quality System
- Serves as the face of Kuiper Quality for suppliers communicating expectations, reviewing methods and resolving issues
- Facilitates component quality control as subject matter expert in partnership with receiving and inspection teams
- Owns development and automation of business processes impacting quality
- Splits time between Amazon facilities and visiting supplier operations

About the team
The Kuiper Supplier Quality team is driven to develop a vendor base capable of scaling aerospace quality to new volume and cost levels in order to meet end customer needs. This position will join the team at an exciting moment with the opportunity to own quality for key categories and contribute to the design of requirements and systems used across the business. We value data driven decision making, a comfort with ambiguity across multiple simultaneous projects, an ability to earn the trust of our key stakeholders, and delivering results without sacrificing integrity.