Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services. This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation. Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference. About the Role We are looking for a hands-on Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier qualification and quality performance for components, printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), subassemblies, and system-level products. This role is responsible for ensuring that new and existing suppliers have capable processes, effective quality systems, and the controls required to consistently meet technical, quality, delivery, and reliability expectations. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in supplier assessment, quality-system and process auditing, First Article Inspection (FAI), supplier corrective action, and manufacturing quality methods. Working closely with Strategic Sourcing, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Operations, and suppliers, you will identify and reduce supplier risk throughout the product lifecycle. The primary focus of this role is assessing and qualifying new suppliers, approving new parts and processes, monitoring supplier performance, and driving timely containment and permanent corrective action when requirements are not met. Supplier Assessment and Qualification • Lead the end-to-end assessment and qualification of new suppliers, including technical capability, quality systems, manufacturing controls, capacity,