Senior Supplier Quality Architect (Remote)

Pratt & Whitney; United States; Remote; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, seeks a Principal Supplier Quality Specialist to lead supplier qualification, assessment, and corrective actions across aerospace supply chains. You will partner with engineering, operations, and program management to drive capability, monitor performance, and resolve complex quality issues.

This is a remote role based in New Jersey. Candidates must reside in New Jersey or New York and should anticipate about 50% travel to supplier sites and RTX locations to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience in supplier quality including qualification, audits, and corrective actions.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier qualification, certification, assessment, monitoring, and development to meet requirements.
• Monitor supplier quality performance, analyze data, identify systemic issues and opportunities.
• Lead supplier escape management and complex quality issue resolution with root cause analysis and CAPA.
• Partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams to implement effective corrective actions using structured problem-solving.
• Conduct or support supplier audits, assessments, source inspections, PPAP, and quality reviews.
• Apply PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow, Control Plans, SPC, and risk-based quality techniques to improve supplier processes.
• Evaluate supplier readiness for work transfers and PPAP acceptance.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management to mitigate risks.
• Influence and coach suppliers and internal stakeholders to drive improvements and strengthen performance.
• Support supplier continuous improvement programs while maintaining RTX policies and standards.

Skills

Supplier quality

Root cause analysis

8D problem solving

Quality management systems

PFMEA

MSA

PPAP

Lean Six Sigma

APQP

PPAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

APQP

PPAP

MSA

Job description

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, seeks a Principal Supplier Quality Specialist to lead supplier qualification, assessment, and corrective actions across aerospace supply chains. You will partner with engineering, operations, and program management to drive capability, monitor performance, and resolve complex quality issues.

This is a remote role based in New Jersey. Candidates must reside in New Jersey or New York and should anticipate about 50% travel to supplier sites and RTX locations to