Specialist Supplier Quality Engineer 1

About the role

We are seeking a Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer to join and support our Supplier Quality team in the Los Angeles County area. This role is responsible for ensuring supplier quality performance, driving process improvements, and partnering closely with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure compliance with engineering, manufacturing, and contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Visit suppliers to review product & process issues.
• Interface with internal and external customers; i.e., engineering, manufacturing, supplier, procurement to ensure requirements are met.
• Analyze supplier processes and planning to verify compliance with purchase orders, engineering drawings, processes, specifications, etc.
• Review and approval of supplier FAIs IAW AS9102.
• Visit suppliers and perform investigation and root cause analysis to drive improvements into their processes.
• Be accountable for assigned suppliers' performance and ensure suppliers are performing with a 100% quality rating.
• Be an active contributor in Early Supplier Engagements such as Post Award Reviews (PAR), Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Reviews, and Control Plan activity.
• Work with suppliers to resolve issues with purchase order inspection packages.
• Investigate and report supplier quality history as requested by quality engineering or Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) management.
• Create reporting documents to status Supplier's Performance, Non-Conformance History, impact to the Company's CoPQ, and other metrics as assigned.
• Participates in managing the supplier ratings/scorecard system and overseeing periodic meetings.
• Perform periodic source inspections at assigned suppliers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant quality experience; or Graduate Degree and minimum 2 years of prior related quality experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum 8 years of prior related quality experience.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Employees who drive on company business to carry out job-related duties