Procurement Engineer, Staff — Flexible Schedule & Aerospace Sourcing

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Village of Liverpool (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems is seeking a qualified procurement/QA professional to coordinate with cross-functional teams across sourcing, operations, design engineering, and suppliers to support design, production, test, and qualification of aerospace and defense products.

You will analyze technical data, perform risk-based decisions, identify potential suppliers, and drive improvements in producibility, quality, and cost.

Qualifications

• Ability to evaluate manufacturing process quality plan.
• Ability to perform defect data trend analysis; ability to make rational, risk-based decisions
• Ability to perform root cause analysis
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities within a cross-functional team, as well as independently with suppliers
• Working understanding of mechanical/electro-mechanical hardware and associated manufacturing processes and inspections
• Working familiarity with ISO9001 & AS9100 Quality Management Systems, including AS9102 First Article Inspection requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with Sourcing, Operations, Design Engineering, the Supply Base and Industry experts to facilitate the design, production, test and qualification of aerospace and defense products.
• Analyzes technical data, designs, preliminary specifications, manufacturing limitations, supplier facilities, and parts/equipment availability.
• Investigates and recommends potential suppliers based on assessments of response to specifications, costs, inspection of facilities, and historical performance.
• Facilitate technical trade-offs and standardization that may lead to more economical procurement.
• Recommends design changes to mitigate production issues.
• Leads teams of Supplier and internal staff in collaboratively solving problems in Producibility, Quality, Inspection, Cost, Mistake-Proofing, Test, Reliability and Affordability.

Skills

Quality plan eval

Defect data analysis

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Mechanical/electro-mechanical hardware

ISO9001/AS9100 knowledge

Tools

SAP

EPDM

Job description

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems is seeking a qualified procurement/QA professional to coordinate with cross-functional teams across sourcing, operations, design engineering, and suppliers to support design, production, test, and qualification of aerospace and defense products.

You will analyze technical data, perform risk-based decisions, identify potential suppliers, and drive improvements in producibility, quality, and cost.