Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer leading risk mitigation and quality improvement for aerospace composite suppliers. Supporting L3Harris missile production through supplier assessments, controls, investigations, and corrective actions.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the Supplier Quality Lead for an Integrated Supplier Team supporting a critical, high-risk supplier
- Provide technical and strategic leadership for supplier quality performance, including quality planning, risk management, and continuous improvement
- Use structured, data-driven methodologies and statistical tools to strengthen supplier manufacturing capability, reduce variation, and prevent defects
- Develop and execute supplier engagement strategies during capacity expansion and production ramp-up
- Apply advanced quality engineering principles throughout the supplier lifecycle
- Assess supplier manufacturing processes, quality systems, and technical capability to meet missile production requirements
- Conduct supplier risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies to prevent quality escapes and supply disruptions
- Develop supplier quality plans, process controls, and inspection strategies
- Participate in MRB, change review boards, and configuration control activities
- Lead complex supplier investigations and ensure effective SCAR closure
- Develop and execute Return-to-Green and continuous improvement plans to elevate supplier performance
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant quality experience
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related quality experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related quality experience
- Valid driver’s license
- Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance
- Strong knowledge of aerospace quality standards including AS9100, AS9102, and AS9145
- Demonstrated experience managing quality performance for strategic, high-risk, or highly technical suppliers
- Excellent technical writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment
- Ability to travel approximately 75% and travel more than 150 miles by vehicle one way
Benefits:
- Health and disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- EAP
- Education assistance
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Company-paid holidays




















