Senior Supplier Development & Mfg Readiness Engineer

ASQ; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ASQ is hiring a Senior Supplier Development and Manufacturing Readiness Engineer to support Navy production-acceleration initiatives across the defense industrial base. The role emphasizes supplier capacity, readiness, and hands-on manufacturing assessments in a remote setting with extensive travel to government sites and suppliers.

The candidate will develop recovery plans, validate capacity, and apply disciplined automotive launch practices to defense programs while ensuring safety, quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in industrial, manufacturing, mechanical, systems, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess suppliers’ ability to achieve required production rates, quality, delivery, cost, and readiness objectives.
• Develop recovery plans with root causes, actions, owners, milestones, and evidence.
• Establish daily or weekly recovery reviews with supplier, prime-contractor, and Government stakeholders.
• Support readiness gates covering tooling, workforce, and docs.
• Apply APQP, PPAP, FMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, and problem solving.
• Adapt automotive launch practices to defense production environments.

Skills

Supplier development

Manufacturing readiness

Launch experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

ASQ is hiring a Senior Supplier Development and Manufacturing Readiness Engineer to support Navy production-acceleration initiatives across the defense industrial base. The role emphasizes supplier capacity, readiness, and hands-on manufacturing assessments in a remote setting with extensive travel to government sites and suppliers.

The candidate will develop recovery plans, validate capacity, and apply disciplined automotive launch practices to defense programs while ensuring safety, quality,