Supplier Quality Engineer

About the role

AvtechTyee is a company dedicated to reducing its environmental impact, promoting employee health and safety, enhancing workforce diversity, and fostering community relationships. We develop and manufacture top-quality aerospace products and are now seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to help us grow and improve our social responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Drive supplier quality performance for new product introduction and sustaining production
• Ensure supplier compliance with internal, contractual, customer, and regulatory requirements
• Establish and lead scheduled supplier quality audits to verify QMS effectiveness
• Build and maintain effective professional relationships with suppliers
• Promote supplier quality improvement initiatives and corrective action effectiveness
• Support procurement with Approved Supplier List (ASL) maintenance, supplier qualification, and re-qualification
• Participate in supplier readiness reviews for new programs
• Review and approve supplier change requests (process, material, tooling, location, sub-tier)
• Interpret and apply engineering drawings, specifications, flow-downs, and purchase order requirements
• Perform and evaluate supplier First Article Inspections (FAI) per AS9102
• Validate supplier manufacturing capability through audits, desk reviews, and on-site process walks
• Proactively identify and communicate risks, gaps, and nonconformances prior to release
• Assess internal impact of supplier issues through stock and WIP review
• Manage supplier-related nonconformances through the Material Review Board (MRB) to prevent production or delivery impact
• Establish and monitor testing, acceptance criteria, and receiving inspection plans to ensure only conforming product is released
• Ensure supplier compliance with special process requirements (e.g., heat treat, NDT, plating)
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations with suppliers using 8D, DMAIC, or equivalent methodologies and verify effectiveness
• Monitor, analyze, and report supplier performance metrics (e.g., nonconformances, responsiveness, closure timeliness)
• Use performance metrics to support scorecard activities with procurement
• Leverage supplier performance metrics to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with procurement on supplier risk management and mitigation strategies
• Communicate supplier quality concerns using objective evidence and data-driven analysis
• Interface with regulatory bodies (e.g., FAA, DCMA) as required to support quality interpretations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferred fields: Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Aerospace) or related technical degree
• +5 years of experience in quality engineering or supplier quality
• Experience in a highly regulated or quality-driven environment
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with:
• Root cause analysis & corrective action: 8D, RCCA, CAPAS
• Supplier quality processes: Supplier audits, supplier corrective actions (SCARs)
• Quality systems: ISO 9001 required, AS9100 strongly preferred
• Strong proficiency in Excel or similar tools
• Proven ability to:
• Work cross-functionally (engineering, supply chain, operations)
• Communicate issues and drive resolution with suppliers

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Skills

• Data-driven decision making
• Project management
• Supplier relationship management
• Supplier audit and corrective action
• Quality system implementation and compliance
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Process capability (Cp/Cpk)

Benefits

• 9/80 Work Schedule
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company-paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• HSA with potential company contribution, and/or FSA/DCFSA
• 401(k) with 3% match with no LOS requirement
• Accident/Hospital Indemnity/Critical Illness Coverage
• Auto/Home, Legal, Identify Theft, and Pet Insurance
• Allowance for Safety Glasses
• Allowance for Safety Shoes
• 10 Company-paid Holidays
• Education Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Referral Bonuses
• Quarterly lunches and other events

Pay

The wage/salary range for this role is $95k - $125k, depending on education and experience.

Schedule

Since 1958, AvtechTyee has been a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of electronic systems and structural parts for the aerospace industry, with a focus in Communications, Power Lighting and Control, Electro-Mechanical, Switches and Connectors, Indicators, and Rods and Struts. AvtechTyee's products are flying onboard 42 aircraft types within the air transport, regional commuter, and business jet sectors, serving 450 customers in 49 countries of the world. AvtechTyee is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act.