Senior Manager, Supplier Quality (R6220)

Seattle · USD 150,000-230,000 / year · 2-5 years experience · Onsite · Posted Oct 15, 2026

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The Senior Manager, Supplier Quality will lead the supplier quality team responsible for qualification, surveillance, performance management, and corrective-action activities.
This role oversees quality processes across a global aerospace and defense supply base, ensuring compliance with regulatory and engineering requirements.
The position involves developing leadership and engineering personnel while partnering with cross-functional teams to mitigate quality risks and improve supply-base resilience.

Develop the supplier quality team responsible for supplier qualification, surveillance, performance management, and corrective-action activities.
Establish supplier-quality priorities, allocate resources, and translate functional objectives into staffing and execution plans.
Develop Supplier Quality leaders and engineering personnel through coaching, performance management, and technical mentorship.
Oversee supplier qualification, risk assessments, periodic performance reviews, supplier audits, and source inspections.
Ensure supplier requirements are effectively flowed down and that suppliers comply with quality management systems and regulatory requirements.
Escalate significant supplier-quality risks and direct SCARs and supplier recovery efforts.
Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program teams to address supplier producibility and design-for-manufacturability.
Advance supplier-quality processes, business systems, and data analytics to strengthen supply-base resilience.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or another related technical discipline.
At least 7 years of relevant experience, including 2–5 years of leadership or people-management experience in Quality Engineering or Supplier Quality Engineering.
Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 quality-management systems.
Demonstrated proficiency in root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods, including 8D, 5 Whys, and fishbone analysis.
Experience with supplier qualification, supplier development, PPAP, and First Article Inspection processes, including AS9102 requirements.
Understanding of ITAR, EAR, DFARS, and other requirements applicable to aerospace and defense suppliers.
Demonstrated people-leadership capability, including coaching and organizational development.
Strong cross-functional collaboration, executive communication, and supplier relationship-management skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and experience using ERP/MRP systems.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 20% of the time.

ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), or equivalent quality certification.
Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
Experience leading supplier-quality functions in a high-growth aerospace, defense, autonomy, robotics, or advanced-manufacturing environment.
Experience supporting the production and qualification of complex electromechanical, electronic, precision-machined, composite, or avionics hardware.

Travel required up to approximately 20% of the time to manufacturing locations and supplier sites.

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