Senior Supplier Quality & Development - Engineered Items

Collins Aerospace; Fairfield (CA); Remote; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

Generous 401(k) plan with employer 3%+

Tuition reimbursement program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is hiring a Supplier Quality and Development professional to help drive supplier performance and continuous improvement across our operations. You’ll influence supplier qualification, monitoring, escape management, and quality issue resolution while ensuring products and suppliers meet internal and regulatory standards.

You’ll work closely with suppliers and internal engineering partners to solve complex problems and lead corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or advanced degree in engineering or related field.
• Experience in quality/ Supplier Quality roles and problem solving.
• Knowledge of APQP, QMS and lean six sigma is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conducts supplier qualification / certification, assessment, monitoring, escape management, and quality issue resolution processes.
• Analyzes and makes recommendations on quality data and the development of part / supplier specific quality issue resolution and corrective actions.
• Provides research on and explanations of root cause analysis & problem solving (Red-X & 8D) in escape management procedures. Develops corrective and / or preventive actions for systemic process and product design problems for product provided by suppliers.
• Conducts processes and procedures for supplier qualification / certification, source inspection and material release processes, and Correction Action Boards / DQ Clinics with suppliers.
• Drives support for the UTC Supplier Gold program to ensure healthy continuous improvement and sustainability.
• Reviews processes and metrics and makes recommendations 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.

Skills

Quality data analysis

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Verbal & written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

APQP

QMS

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Collins Aerospace is hiring a Supplier Quality and Development professional to help drive supplier performance and continuous improvement across our operations. You’ll influence supplier qualification, monitoring, escape management, and quality issue resolution while ensuring products and suppliers meet internal and regulatory standards.

You’ll work closely with suppliers and internal engineering partners to solve complex problems and lead corrective actions.