Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Position Summary

Infleqtion is poised for significant growth after completing our transition to a publicly traded company (NYSE ticker symbol “INFQ”). We are seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier quality, resolve complex manufacturing issues, and strengthen supplier quality processes. This role will work closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Quality to ensure suppliers consistently meet technical specifications, manufacturing requirements, and quality standards.

The ideal candidate has strong technical knowledge of manufacturing processes, engineering drawings, inspection methods, and supplier quality management, along with the ability to independently resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), including containment, root cause analysis, corrective action implementation, and verification of effectiveness.
• Review engineering drawings and specifications to identify unclear requirements, tolerance issues, and manufacturing or inspection challenges; collaborate with Engineering on solutions.
• Evaluate supplier manufacturing processes, inspection data, and product conformity, with emphasis on precision machining, coatings, finishes, and mechanical assemblies.
• Qualify and develop suppliers through capability assessments, first article inspections, risk evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and improve supplier quality processes, including supplier approval, incoming inspection, change management, escalation, and performance monitoring.
• Investigate supplier nonconformances, distinguish manufacturing defects from internal specification issues, and drive appropriate resolutions.
• Plan and conduct internal supply chain and external supplier audits covering purchasing controls, traceability, inventory accuracy, receiving inspection, and corrective action effectiveness.
• Support applicable AS9100 quality management requirements and SOX compliance activities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant experience considered.
• 8+ years of supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing quality, or supplier-development experience.
• Experience supporting Government or defense contracts and working with contract quality requirements under FAR Part 46; DFARS experience preferred where applicable.
• Demonstrated ability to qualify, assess, and monitor suppliers based on quality-system capability, technical competence, capacity, delivery performance, and risk.
• Experience conducting supplier audits, including quality-management-system, process, product, and special-process audits.
• Working knowledge of quality-management systems such as ISO 9001, AS9100, or other standards relevant to the organization’s industry.
• Proficiency interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, inspection plans, test requirements, and configuration-control requirements.
• Experience with nonconformance management, material review, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive action (CAPA), and supplier corrective action requests (SCARs).
• Ability to develop and review quality plans, first-article inspection packages, inspection/test records, certificates of conformance, and traceability documentation.
• Experience applying quality tools such as 5 Why, fishbone analysis, FMEA, control plans, process capability, statistical process control, and risk-based thinking.
• Strong documentation discipline and ability to maintain objective quality evidence that is complete, accurate, traceable, and ready for customer or Government review.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills with suppliers, procurement, engineering, manufacturing, program management, and customers.
• Up to 50% travel

Preferred qualifications

• ASQ certification, such as Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP), or Certified Quality Auditor (CQA).
• Experience with DCMA, source inspection, Government quality assurance surveillance, customer audits, or audit-response activities.
• Experience with counterfeit-part prevention, product traceability, lot control, serialization, and supplier flowdown requirements.
• Familiarity with first article inspection requirements, including AS9102.
• Knowledge of ERP, quality-management-system, and supplier-performance-management tools.

Benefits

• Salary Range: per year 155000-185000
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including full-spectrum fertility support for growing families.
• Employer-funded Health Savings Account
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match
• Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible Savings Account
• Paid FMLA, Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Student Loan Repayment
• Equity Program

Notice to Recruitment Agencies

Infleqtion does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Infleqtion is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.