Principal Specialist Supplier Quality & Development - Engineered Items (Remote)

Prattwhitney; California; Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks vacation

Generous 401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Supplier Quality and Development professional to drive supplier performance and continuous improvement. You will influence qualification, monitoring, escape management, and issue resolution with suppliers and internal partners to ensure regulatory and internal standards are met.

The role may travel up to 50% and is remote with potential West Coast preference due to supplier locations. Requires engineering background and strong problem-solving skills to sustain zero-defect

Qualifications

• Requires a university degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with 3+ years.
• Experience with suppliers/engineering in a supply chain operations environment.
• Knowledge of quality regulations and core tools (APQP, Lean Six Sigma) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier qualification / certification, assessment, monitoring, escape management, and quality issue resolution.
• Analyze and recommend on quality data and corrective actions.
• Provide root-cause analysis & problem solving (8D) in escape management.
• Develop corrective and/or preventive actions for systemic process and product design problems.
• Conduct processes and procedures for supplier qualification / certification, source inspection and PPAP-related activities.
• Drive support for the UTC Supplier Gold program for continuous improvement.
• Review processes and metrics to ensure supplier meeting requirements for work transfer and process changes.

Skills

Engineered Items

Supplier Experience

Quality Regulations

APQP

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-09

Country: United States of America

Location: US-CA-REMOTE

Position Role Type: Remote U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract. Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required Security Clearance Status: Not Required

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Supplier Quality and Development Professional

Collins Aerospace is hiring a Supplier Quality and Development professional to help drive supplier performance and continuous improvement across our operations. In this role, you will influence supplier qualification, monitoring, escape management, and quality issue resolution while ensuring products, processes, and suppliers meet internal and regulatory standards. You’ll work closely with suppliers and internal engineering partners to solve complex problems, lead root‑cause and corrective action activities, support onboarding and certification, manage source inspections, and apply proactive quality tools to strengthen supplier capabilities and readiness for operational readiness and sustainability. This is a remote role that may have up to 50% travel depending upon candidate location. Preference may be given to candidates located on the West Coast due to supplier locations.

What You Will Do

• Conduct supplier qualification / certification, assessment, monitoring, escape management, and quality issue resolution processes.
• Analyze and recommend on quality data and development of part / supplier specific quality issue resolution and corrective actions.
• Provide research on and explanations of root cause analysis & problem solving (Red-X & 8D) in escape management procedures.
• Develop corrective and/or preventive actions for systemic process and product design problems for product provided by suppliers.
• Conduct processes and procedures for supplier qualification / certification, source inspection and material release processes, and Correction Action Boards / DQ Clinics with suppliers.
• Drive support for the UTC Supplier Gold program to ensure healthy continuous improvement and sustainability.
• Review processes and metrics and recommend to ensure supplier is capable to meet all requirements for work transfer and process change management including Resourcing Gate and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Strong Engineered Items background.
• Experience working with Suppliers and/or Engineering in a supply chain operations environment (monitoring, auditing, developing suppliers/operations) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Quality Regulations, Quality Core Tools Knowledge, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Practical Problem Solving, International Mgmt. system standards, Authorities / Regulations / Standards, Knowledge of QMS, Auditing/Assessing, Risk Management / Continuous Improvement (Lean Six Sigma) desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/industrial engineering or similar field.
• Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of education.

Additional Skills

• Ability to use flexible and adaptable working styles to build and develop effective cross-functional teamwork.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to speak effectively and easily with both internal and external executives and employees.
• Ability to adapt and use multiples forms of interaction styles to convince and/or persuade people/stakeholders to follow ideas and proposals.

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD.

The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

Ideal Candidate

You could be a great fit for our Quality organization if:

• You take immense satisfaction and pride in the quality of your work.
• You’re the first to point out opportunities for continuous improvement (even outside of work…not at all to the annoyance of your friends and family).
• You understand the absolute importance of adhering to compliance…all while making your customers proud by achieving a zero-defect quality delivery plan.

If you checked the boxes above, we invite you to join the Quality organization as we work to be the best aerospace company for the world by delighting our customers with 100 percent on-time delivery and zero-defect parts.

Preference may be given to candidates located on the West Coast due to supplier locations.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

Privacy Policy and Terms:

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.