Aerospace Supplier Quality Lead - Remote

RTX; United States; Remote; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Four weeks of PTO

Generous 401(k) plan with employer匹配

Tuition reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Program

Life insurance and disability coverage

Remote work flexibility

Parental leave benefits

Ovia Health and family planning

Job summary

RTX (Collins Aerospace, a RTX company) seeks a Principal Supplier Quality Specialist to lead supplier quality and development across aerospace operations. You will drive qualification, containment, root cause analysis, and CAPA with cross-functional teams to ensure supplier processes meet quality and regulatory requirements.

As an individual contributor, you will influence suppliers to improve quality and process performance, oversee audits, and support PPAP and production readiness while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Prior experience in supplier quality and development, including supplier qualification, supplier assessments, quality audits, supplier performance monitoring, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier qualification, certification, assessment, monitoring, and development activities to ensure suppliers meet applicable quality and business requirements.
• Monitor supplier quality performance, analyze quality data and trends, and identify systemic issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead supplier escape management and complex quality issue resolution, including root cause analysis, containment, corrective action, and preventive action activities.
• Partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams to develop and implement effective corrective and preventive actions using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D and Red-X.
• Conduct or support supplier audits, assessments, source inspections, material release activities, Corrective Action Boards, and other supplier quality reviews.
• Apply quality tools and methodologies, including PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow, Control Plans, SPC, and other risk-based quality techniques, to improve supplier process capability and product quality.
• Evaluate supplier readiness and capability to meet requirements for work transfers, process changes, Resourcing Gates, and PPAP acceptance.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Program Management, and other cross-functional partners to mitigate supplier risks and support program and production requirements.
• Influence and coach suppliers and internal stakeholders to drive sustainable improvements, resolve quality concerns, and strengthen supplier processes and performance.
• Support supplier continuous improvement initiatives and quality programs while maintaining compliance with applicable RTX policies, customer requirements, quality management systems, and industry standards.

Skills

Supplier quality leadership

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Structured problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

PFMEA

MSA

Process Flow

Control Plans

SPC

PPAP

Job description

RTX (Collins Aerospace, a RTX company) seeks a Principal Supplier Quality Specialist to lead supplier quality and development across aerospace operations. You will drive qualification, containment, root cause analysis, and CAPA with cross-functional teams to ensure supplier processes meet quality and regulatory requirements.

As an individual contributor, you will influence suppliers to improve quality and process performance, oversee audits, and support PPAP and production readiness while