Supplier Quality Engineer

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats.  CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com. Role Overview: As CHAOS Industries scales production of advanced defense systems, the performance of our suppliers becomes inseparable from the performance of our products. We are seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure our suppliers consistently meet the quality, delivery, and compliance requirements necessary to support production at scale. Working closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Subcontracts, and Program Management, you will lead supplier qualification, onboarding, audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives across our supplier network. This role requires significant travel to supplier facilities to assess manufacturing capability, quality-system maturity, process controls, and operational readiness. This is a hands-on, in-the-field role. You will spend significant time at supplier facilities—auditing processes, driving corrective actions, and verifying readiness firsthand—to keep quality and delivery on track across a rapidly growing and increasingly complex supply base. Responsibilities:  Lead supplier qualification and onboarding activities, including capability assessments, manufacturing readiness evaluations, process reviews, and quality-system audits. Conduct supplier audits and assessments to evaluate compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory standards. Partner with Supply Chain and Subcontracts to evaluate, approve, and manage suppliers throughout the supplier lifecycle. Perform supplier surveillance activities and monitor supplier performance related to quality, delivery, responsiveness, and corrective-action effectiveness. Lead supplier corrective-action processes, including root-cause investigations, containment actions, corrective-action plans, and verification of implementation. Drive closure of supplier nonconformances, quality escapes, and recurring quality issues through structured problem-solving methodologies. Review manufacturing processes, inspection methods, quality controls, and production systems at supplier facilities to identify risks and opportunities for improvement. Support source inspections, first article inspections, process validations, and production readiness reviews as required. Develop supplier scorecards, performance met...