Supplier Reliability Engineer - Metallic Materials & Processes

• ◆Evaluating and onboarding new suppliers, ensuring they meet our quality expectations by conducting regular audits, assessments, and evaluations to ensure that our suppliers adhere to our quality standards
• ◆Establish and maintain strong relationships with our suppliers, address any quality-related issues, identify risks in the supply chain, and implement improvements
• ◆Collaborate with design, and manufacturing engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of piece part, assembly, and/or sub-system design intent. Conduct design for manufacturing reviews to ensure parts are manufacturable at early stages, preferably prior to sourcing
• ◆Collaborate with procurement teams to strategically source parts by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes, inspection practices, and quality systems
• ◆Drive continuous improvement initiatives, both internally and with our suppliers, by analyzing quality data, identifying trends, and implementing corrective and preventive actions to enhance the overall quality of our products and reduce costs
• ◆Create and define supplier technical and quality

based on customer and program

and expectations for NPI and manufacturing phases

• ✓Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends, pinpoint systemic performance gaps, and develop supplier improvement plans
• ✓Lead root cause and corrective action process associated with any escapes or contaminants identified in Vast manufacturing or the Vast supply chain
• ✓Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, technical excellence, proactivity, and attention to detail

• ✓Masters 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, heat treatment, common metal defects, forging, extrusion, casting, welding, surface and finishing processes, or NDE
• ✓Experience reading and applying AMS, ASTM, and drawing-callout

• ✓Advanced degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, or Engineering
• ✓Proven record of owning RCCAs to verified closure and influencing suppliers to drive results
• ✓Hands-on failure analysis: fractography, metallography, SEM/EDS
• ✓Working knowledge of quality systems (ISO 9000, AS9100, NADCAP) and supplier quality processes (PPAP, APQP, FAI)
• ✓Familiarity with the standards the role will work with:
• ✓AMS-STD-2154 and ASTM E2375 (UT, wrought)
• ✓ASTM A388 (heavy forgings)
• ✓ASTM E45 and E112 (inclusions, grain size)
• ✓AMS 2759 and 2750 (heat treatment, pyrometry)
• ✓AMS 2700 and ASTM B912 (passivation, electropolishing)
• ✓MIL-A-8625 (anodizing)
• ✓AMS 2430 (shot peening)
• ✓Experience applying statistical methods (MSA, DOE, hypothesis testing, Cpk) and disciplined problem solving (8D, fault tree, Ishikawa, Six Sigma)
• ✓Experience with additive manufacturing, EB and fusion welding metallurgy, fracture mechanics, or damage tolerance
• ✓Experience with MES and PLM systems, alongside Google suite, SQL, and Python
• ✓Comfort working in a fast-paced environment and across a matrix of functions
• ✓Strong written and verbal communication, able to convey technical findings to all levels of Vast and the supply base

Additional

• ✓Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• ✓Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
• ✓Ability to travel up to 50% of the time

Pay Range: California

$123,000 — $230,000 USD