Jobs in El Segundo, CA

About the role

We are looking for a Supply Quality Engineer who builds supplier programs that prevent problems rather than react to them. You will own the development, qualification, and long-term reliability of Radiant's supply base — establishing the processes, standards, and supplier capabilities that ensure the right part arrives to the right standard, every time. While you'll have the technical depth to handle non-conformances and corrective actions when they arise, your primary focus is upstream: strengthening supplier processes, closing capability gaps, and building a supply base that performs without constant intervention. This is a builder role: the old house is being brought down, and a new foundation is being poured, but we still need to build the structure, apply the finishes, and pass final inspection. You'll own what exists, upgrade aging systems, and create something the industry hasn't seen before. We're not here to maintain the status quo in nuclear quality — we're here to raise the bar. Radiant is building a supplier reliability program from the ground up with a singular goal: the right part, to the right standard, on time, every time. If you want to do the most meaningful quality work of your career in an industry that hasn't been disrupted in decades, this is that opportunity.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Materials Science, or a related technical field
• 3–6 years
• of hands-on experience in supplier quality, supplier development, or supplier reliability engineering in a regulated industry (nuclear, aerospace, defense, or medical device)
• Demonstrated ability to independently process supplier quality transactions: deviation requests, non-conformance reports, supplier corrective action requests, purchase order quality reviews, and cert package review — without step-by-step guidance
• Proven experience owning or drafting quality program documents: quality clauses, supplier requirements, inspection instructions, or equivalent
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100, or equivalent quality management systems, including supplier audit methods and corrective action management
• You take full ownership of your domain — you identify what needs to be built or improved, write the procedure when one doesn't exist, and drive it without waiting to be asked.
• You solve problems from first principles — when a standard doesn't map cleanly to the situation, you reason from the underlying requirement rather than defaulting to precedent or guesswork.
• Attention to detail is non-negotiable
• — in a safety-critical, auditable environment, imprecision in a quality record, a clause, or an audit finding has real downstream consequences.
• You hold suppliers — and yourself — to a high standard, and you're energized by preventing failures rather than resolving them — you'd rather fix the supplier's process than write the corrective action.
• You care about the mission: bringing clean, reliable energy to places that need it most, and you understand that quality in this industry is not bureaucratic overhead — it's a safety imperative.

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