Senior Advanced Sourcing & Supplier Quality Engineer

Hexcel; Amesbury (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexcel is seeking an Advanced Sourcing and Supplier Quality Engineer for our Amesbury, MA site to lead supplier quality activities, audits, and risk management across direct-materials and supplier networks.

You will coordinate capability studies, validate materials and processes, collaborate with Engineering and R&T to define specs, and drive multi-sourcing plans to ensure robust, compliant supply chains for aerospace composites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years in aerospace or regulated manufacturing with supplier quality, engineering, or sourcing.
• Experience leading supplier audits and cross-functional risk reviews.
• Strong knowledge of process validation and technical specification development.
• Experience with composite materials and manufacturing processes preferred.
• Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt or ASQ CQE or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to influence, resolve conflicts, and communicate with suppliers and leadership.
• Strong analytical, project leadership, negotiation, and executive communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to supplier and Hexcel locations.
• Support customer-facing audits with evidence of supplier robustness.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate supplier quality activity plans, metrics, governance, and cross-site alignment.
• Lead audits of critical/high-risk suppliers and ensure closure of findings.
• Coordinate validation for sustainability-related material and process changes.
• Assess supplier manufacturing processes across direct-material categories.
• Evaluate new suppliers and define onboarding requirements.
• Lead process capability and validation work (SPC, Cp/Cpk, PFMEA, control plans).
• Partner with Engineering to define material specifications and changes.
• Lead technical risk reviews for new product introductions and capacity expansion.
• Identify single points of failure and develop multi-sourcing strategies.
• Develop Americas supplier risk management framework and reporting.
• Lead supplier quality investigations and 8D/A3 corrective actions.
• Develop regional SSQ tools and metrics.

Skills

Supplier quality leadership

Audits & supplier development

Process validation

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation & communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field

Tools

SPC

Cp/Cpk

PFMEA

Control plans

8D problem solving

Job description

Hexcel is seeking an Advanced Sourcing and Supplier Quality Engineer for our Amesbury, MA site to lead supplier quality activities, audits, and risk management across direct-materials and supplier networks.

You will coordinate capability studies, validate materials and processes, collaborate with Engineering and R&T to define specs, and drive multi-sourcing plans to ensure robust, compliant supply chains for aerospace composites.