2027 Supplier Quality Engineer

Description

As a Textron employee, you'll take on meaningful work from day one—contributing to real projects and collaborating with experienced team members across the business. This entry-level opportunity is designed to help you build your skills, gain exposure across functions, and grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and development opportunities. Textron is a global Fortune 500 company with a diverse portfolio of industry leading brands, including Bell, Beechcraft, Cessna, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, and Textron Systems. We foster a culture where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are valued, and innovation drives real-world solutions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to evaluate current processes and seek and recommend ways to improve processes and product.
• Perform quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including supplier quality manuals and company quality records.
• Participate in quality audits to include internal quality system and process audits as well as external supplier quality system and process audits.
• Recommend updates as needed to maintain the document and data collection systems.
• Provide technical support and information to other departments, vendors, and customers as requested to collect data from company metrics, vendor metrics, and quality inspection data.
• Assist in analyzing company and supplier data to recommend continuous improvement projects.
• Support tracking and reporting of monthly metrics including supplier PPM, corrective action completion, trip reports, nonconforming material dispositions, delinquent PPAP, and Fair submissions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field required
• 0-2 years of experience required
• Software Knowledge: ISO-QS9001 Quality Management Systems and related tools including APQP, PPAP, control failure modes and effects analysis preferred
• Ability to interpret part/assembly blueprints and understanding of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) preferred