Supplier Quality Engineer (m/f/d)

Prattwhitney; Ratingen; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

30 days paid vacation

Canteen subsidy

Global career opportunities

Employee training programs

Zusammenfassung

Kidde Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH, part of the Collins Aerospace family, seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer to strengthen our supply base and monitor performance with autonomy. You’ll work with Inspection, Engineering, and Procurement teams across Ratingen or Heidelberg to ensure quality excellence.

Required are a technical degree, external ISO9001/EN9100 audits, and fluency in English and German. Travel approx. 50% expected; strong communication and collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an advanced technical discipline or several years of equivalent professional experience, ideally in the defense sector.
• Qualified external ISO9001 and EN 9100 lead auditor
• Good knowledge of quality tools e.g. 8D, FMEA, APQP, Risk Mgt, FAI, RCCA
• Very good (business fluent) written and spoken English and German skills
• Excellent communication skills with a high degree of persuasiveness, assertiveness, and persistence
• Independent and goal-oriented way of working in an international environment
• Willingness to travel (about 50%)
• Flexibility and ability to work in a team

Aufgaben

• Primary interface between site quality/operations teams and the central supplier quality organization
• Support Site Operations, Quality Clinics, Program Management and Tier meetings for business units
• Represent supplier quality in site and Corrective Action Board (CAB) Reviews
• Risk management to site through Waivers (QMS/NADCAP), Risk Release Approvals and Containment activity
• Conducts supplier approval and surveillance activities
• Verifies that suppliers meet applicable quality requirements from RTX, Collins, customers and regulatory standards for products, processes and systems
• Internal and external coordination in case of quality deviations and non-conformities, and drive RCCA and problem resolution
• Manages supplier performance metrics and lead supplier improvement activities
• Project management of supplier-relevant quality assurance activities
• Review and release supplier quality documents and reports
• Support NPI and supplier work-transfer activities
• Support internal and external audits
• Support Continuous Improvement initiatives (CORE)
• Location: Ratingen or Heidelberg.

Kenntnisse

Excellent communication

Bilingual English & German

Independent and goal-oriented

Willingness to travel

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's degree in an advanced technical discipline

Tools

ISO9001 lead auditor

EN 9100 lead auditor

Jobbeschreibung

About Collins Aerospace

At Collins Aerospace, we work closely with our customers to solve some of the most challenging issues in the aerospace and defense industries. We combine creativity with a broad range of products, capabilities, and expertise, always with a strong focus on our customers. By developing smart solutions and using the latest technologies and innovations, we help our customers meet the needs of a rapidly changing global market.

At Kidde Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH, based in Ratingen near Düsseldorf, our mission as part of Collins Aerospace is to protect lives through innovative fire protection and fire suppression systems. We develop and manufacture automatic smoke detectors, fire warning systems, and fire suppression systems for a wide range of military and civil vehicles. As experts and innovators in this field, we continuously develop our products and capabilities to meet changing market requirements and support future growth.

Contribute to Collins Customer and Quality Excellence by ensuring supplier compliance and quality performance!

In this role you will work with a high degree of autonomy to strengthen our supply base through structured approval and performance-monitoring activities, while fostering collaborative problem solving in close cooperation with our Inspection, Engineering and Procurement teams. This role supports Kidde-Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH and is located in Ratingen or Heidelberg.

Responsibilities

• Primary interface between site quality/operations teams and the central supplier quality organization
• Support Site Operations, Quality Clinics, Program Management and Tier meetings for business units
• Represent supplier quality in site and Corrective Action Board (CAB) Reviews
• Risk management to site through Waivers (QMS/NADCAP), Risk Release Approvals and Containment activity
• Conducts supplier approval and surveillance activities
• Verifies that suppliers meet applicable quality requirements from RTX, Collins, customers and regulatory standards for products, processes and systems
• Internal and external coordination in case of quality deviations and non-conformities, and drive RCCA and problem resolution
• Manages supplier performance metrics and lead supplier improvement activities
• Project management of supplier-relevant quality assurance activities
• Review and release supplier quality documents and reports
• Support NPI and supplier work-transfer activities
• Support internal and external audits
• Support Continuous Improvement initiatives (CORE)

Qualifications

• Bachelor´s or Master´s degree in an advanced technical discipline or several years of equivalent professional experience, ideally in the defense sector
• Qualified external ISO9001 and EN 9100 lead auditor
• Good knowledge of common quality tools e.g. 8D, FMEA, APQP, Risk Mgt, FAI, RCCA
• Very good (business fluent) written and spoken English and German skills
• Excellent communication skills with a high degree of persuasiveness, assertiveness, and persistence
• Independent and goal-oriented way of working in an international environment
• Willingness to travel (about 50%)
• Flexibility and ability to work in a team

What We Offer You

• Secial payments & leave days
• Corporate & seasonal benefits
• Work-life balance
• Flexible working hours
• 30 days of paid vacation
• Canteen subsidy
• Job bike
• Corporate fitness membership (FitX)
• Global career opportunities
• Employee scholar program
• English language trainings
• Internal and external trainings

Equal Employment Opportunity

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Location: Ratingen or Heidelberg.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.