Supplier Quality Engineer
BAE Systems - Nashua, NH
posted 16 days ago
About the position
Our employees work on the world's most advanced electronics. At Electronic Systems, you'll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry's most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we're innovating for the future. And you can, too. We put our customers first - exemplified by our missions: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us" and "We Innovate For Those Who Move The World." Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems. We are looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to implement tools and processes to ensure suppliers improve on current products with robust plans and deliver first time quality to BAE program customers. The person will also investigate, evaluate, and resolve supplier quality problems as well as conduct audits, analyze defect trends, and lead continuous improvement projects. This supplier quality engineer will engage experts across our commodity team to proactively mitigate risk and ensure effective resolution of issues as well as engage with program teams to support the manufacturing floor, flow down of customer requirements, sourcing decisions, and supplier risk identification. They must be a self-starting problem solver who will utilize their analytical skills to find innovative solutions to quality-related issues. A strong desire and mindset to drive actions and projects to closure without being prompted is a must. Strong communication skills are required to ensure suppliers understand requirements and expectations, make progress reports and present findings. Ability to influence and execute across functions and organizations summarize briefing/findings at an executive leadership level will be necessary for success.
Responsibilities
- Utilize supplier Scorecards/metrics and analytical tools to quantify performance levels of individual suppliers and work with those suppliers to develop improvement plans to achieve 100% quality performance
- Evaluate and assess the impact of nonconforming product and suppliers' corrective actions, including timely communication with the program team of both
- Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence of non-conformances
- Flow down contractual requirements to suppliers based on QMS / part / risk / customer requirements
- Perform Production Process Verifications (PPV's) at supplier locations and participate in PPAP review process and other aspects of APQP
- Perform and Evaluate First Article Inspections per the requirements of AS9102 as well as train suppliers to meet BAE Systems expectations
- Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, and program quality to identify part and supplier risk for proactive mitigation activities
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 2-4+ years work experience or 6-8+ years of experience in lieu of degree
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as technical drawings, specifications, requirements
- Well-organized
- Strong communicator capable of working through complex issues with peers, management and multiple functions
- Proficient in MS Office Products including Word, Excel, Power Point
Nice-to-haves
- Ability to analyze supplier defect/performance data and display visually
- L6S Greenbelt
- Experience with root cause corrective action investigations
- Experience with electronics manufacturing
- Proven ability to coordinate a team to drive action
- Experience with metric trending
- AS9102/AS9145 experience
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Health savings accounts
- 401(k) savings plan
- Disability coverage
- Life and accident insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Legal plan
- Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid military leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Federal and state sick leave
- Company recognition program
