Supplier Quality Engineer – Pyrotechnics

Smarterminds; Luik; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

End-of-year bonus

Medical insurance + global coverage

Training budget for certifications and

International exposure on major def./a

Job summary

Smarterminds is recruiting a Supplier Quality Engineer - Pyrotechnics to support a global leader in the defence and aerospace sector. The role is on-site in Belgium with about 50% travel, overseeing supplier quality from selection to performance evaluation.

You will join a 150+ specialist team, driving supplier improvement, audits, and root-cause analyses of supplier-related issues while coordinating with procurement and industrial quality.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with a pyrotechnics / energetic materials orientation.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a supplier or industrial quality role.
• Rigorous, methodical and organised; comfortable working both independently and in multidisciplinary teams.
• Willing to travel around 50% of the time, in Belgium and abroad.
• Professional French and English, written and spoken.
• EU nationality required.
• Based in Belgium or willing to relocate to Belgium.

Responsibilities

• Bring quality into supplier selection and reduce supplier risk and non-quality
• Drive improvement plans that raise supplier maturity
• Lead root-cause analyses on supplier-related customer complaints and follow up corrective actions
• Build and run the audit and monitoring plan for critical suppliers, with procurement and industrial quality
• Act as the quality interface with suppliers: capture issues, flag risks internally and communicate actions

Job description

Supplier Quality Engineer - Pyrotechnics

Full-Time

Job Description

Work mode: on-site, with about 50% travel in Belgium and abroad

Pyrotechnics is a field where quality is never optional. If you know energetic materials and supplier quality, this is a rare chance to put both to work.

Smarterminds is hiring a Supplier Quality Engineer - Pyrotechnics for a global leader in the defence and aerospace sector. You will join a site of 150+ specialists who design and produce advanced systems, including guided rockets, for defence and aerospace customers.

Reporting to the Supplier Quality & Performance Leader, you will secure the quality of pyrotechnic suppliers, from supplier selection to performance evaluation.

What you will do

Bring quality into supplier selection and reduce supplier risk and non-quality

Drive improvement plans that raise supplier maturity

Lead root-cause analyses on supplier-related customer complaints and follow up corrective actions

Build and run the audit and monitoring plan for critical suppliers, with procurement and industrial quality

Act as the quality interface with suppliers: capture issues, flag risks internally and communicate actions

About you

Engineering degree with a pyrotechnics / energetic materials orientation

Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a supplier or industrial quality role

Rigorous, methodical and organised; comfortable working both independently and in multidisciplinary teams

Willing to travel around 50% of the time, in Belgium and abroad

Professional French and English, written and spoken

EU nationality required

Based in Belgium or willing to relocate to Belgium

What we offer

International exposure on major, world-class defence & aerospace programmes

Competitive salary with full Belgian social security benefits

Medical insurance + extra DKV global coverage

Training budget for certifications and continuous development

Modern, supportive leadership focused on growth and autonomy

End-of-year bonus tied to company success