Supplier Quality Engineer (m/f/d)

Collins Aerospace; Ratingen; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Special payments

Leave days

Corporate benefits

Seasonal benefits

Work-life balance

Flexible hours

30 days vacation

Canteen subsidy

Job bike

Fitness membership

Career opportunities

Scholar program

English training

Internal trainings

External trainings

Zusammenfassung

Collins Aerospace in Ratingen (Germany) is looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to bridge site quality and the central supplier quality organization. You will support site operations, lead supplier surveillance, and drive RCCA and corrective actions with the Engineering and Procurement teams.

The role requires a technical degree, ISO 9001/EN 9100 audit experience, strong English and German, and willingness to travel up to 50%.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in an advanced technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Lead auditor qualifications for ISO9001 and EN 9100.
• Strong knowledge of quality tools and process improvement.
• Excellent written and spoken English and German.
• Able to communicate clearly and influence stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Primary interface between site quality/operations and central supplier quality.
• Support site operations, quality clinics, and program management meetings.
• Represent supplier quality in site reviews and CAB meetings.
• Risk management via waivers, risk release approvals and containment.
• Conduct supplier approval and surveillance activities.
• Ensure suppliers meet RTX, Collins, customer, and regulatory standards.
• Coordinate internal/external actions for deviations and RCCA.
• Manage supplier performance metrics and improvement projects.
• Oversee documentation reviews and reports for supplier quality.
• Support NPI and supplier work-transfer activities and audits.
• Contribute to Continuous Improvement initiatives (CORE).

Kenntnisse

ISO9001 Lead Auditor

EN 9100 Lead Auditor

Quality tools (8D/FMEA/APQP)

English & German fluency

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Ausbildung

Bachelor or Master in technical discipline

Defense sector experience

Tools

Quality management tools

Jobbeschreibung

Location

DE-NW-RATINGEN-115 ~ Kaiserwerther Strasse 115 ~ QUATTRIUM

Date Posted

2026-08-20

Country

Germany

Location

DE-NW-RATINGEN-115 ~ Kaiserwerther Strasse 115 ~ QUATTRIUM

Position Role Type

Unspecified

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

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.