# Supplier Quality Engineer, Sustaining

**Company:** [Skydio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/skydio)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Skills:** Supplier Quality Engineering, Quality Audits, First Article Inspection, 8D, Scar, Fmea, Ppap, Root Cause Analysis, 5-Why, Fishbone Diagrams, Statistical Process Control, GD&T, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal Stamping, Wiring Harnesses
**Posted:** 2026-03-24

> The Supplier Quality Engineer will assess and develop suppliers, oversee audits and quality planning, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement for complex electromechanical products. The role requires supplier-management and quality-engineering experience, manufacturing-process expertise, and substantial travel.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Conduct supplier assessments and on-site audits to verify supplier quality systems and overall capabilities.
- Participate in the Hardware Product Development Process and partner with Manufacturing and Design Engineers on manufacturing processes and quality plans.
- Conduct First Article Inspections and surveillance audits to ensure suppliers meet design engineering and quality requirements.
- Drive quality planning during pre-production and post-production, including 8D and SCAR activities, to ensure supplier outgoing quality and minimize incoming inspection needs.
- Maintain supplier scorecards, measure quality performance, and drive continuous improvement toward zero defects.

## Requirements
- Self-starter with a desire to improve products.
- Strong interpersonal, leadership, written, and verbal communication skills in English.
- Experience bringing up and managing suppliers in the region and abroad.
- Quality engineering experience in high-volume, complex consumer electronics or automotive products, or in-depth knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes.
- Knowledge of measurement and inspection practices, reliability, and Statistical Process Control.
- Familiarity with GD&T and the ability to interpret complex drawings.
- Experience using FMEA, PPAP, 8D, root-cause analysis tools such as 5-Why and fishbone diagrams, and SPC, with measurable results.
- Willingness to travel to suppliers as required, approximately 30–40%.

## Manufacturing Areas
- Metal casting
- Sheet metal forming and stamping
- Injection molding
- Composites
- Coating technologies
- Displays
- Cameras
- Wiring harnesses

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