Senior Design Quality Engineer, Aerospace APQP

You will own the quality assurance framework for advanced manufacturing programs across aerospace, defense, and battery production. Apply statistical process control and metrology to drive non-conformance reduction from first article to full-rate production. Collaborate with engineering and operations on APQP, PPAP, and PFMEA activities. Champion corrective actions through MRB and root cause analysis. This role offers direct ownership of quality systems in a collaborative, ownership-driven culture.

You'll own production process reliability for spacecraft hardware at Varda, scaling from prototype to sustained orbital manufacturing. You'll partner with design and manufacturing teams to embed manufacturability and testability into every component, from pharmaceutical payloads to reentry capsules. Your work will drive FMEA, inspection plans, and root cause analysis that keep production flowing. This role flexes across quality, mission assurance, and flight reliability, giving you end-to-end visibility. You'll join a team of veterans from SpaceX and Blue Origin, building the infrastructure for in-space manufacturing.

The Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer leads manufacturing technique implementation for new product introduction programs ensuring cost capability and producibility targets. This role drives manufacturing readiness level progress toward IPDS goals while managing unit product cost models and APQP artifacts. The ideal candidate will interface with engineering sourcing to identify suppliers meeting capacity cost and capability criteria.

Northwoodspace seeks a Senior Supplier Development Engineer to lead quality-focused hiring and develop supplier quality processes for satellite ground stations. This role shapes high-reliability manufacturing foundations and influences quality systems at a cutting-edge space connectivity company.

Lead reverse-engineering and re-definition of parts while driving EBOM-to-MBOM flow. Present manufacturable designs to customers and act as engineering point of contact. Differentiate by owning full lifecycle from specification to final release.

Lead ownership of design/development audits and drive process compliance across product lifecycle. Assess engineering activities and provide mentorship while ensuring alignment with AS9100 AS9115 DO-178 DO-254 ARP4754A standards. Interface with external customers and regulatory bodies to guarantee system safety and quality. This role differs by focusing on cross-functional coaching and regulatory interface.