Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Lockheed Martin; Stratford (CT); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Senior Procurement Supplier Quality Engineer to support suppliers for Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, CT. This senior role entails ensuring supplier quality throughout the product life cycle, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and collaborating with multiple disciplines to drive success. Candidates should possess a degree in Engineering and relevant quality assurance experience within the aerospace sector.

Benefits

Flexible work schedules

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) match

Educational assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Qualifications

• Prior Quality Engineer experience is desired.
• Experience in aerospace/rotorcraft environment is beneficial.
• Familiarity with AS9100 and AS9102 requirements is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support suppliers through issue identification and resolution.
• Lead collaborative SQA efforts and provide technical liaison support.
• Monitor supplier performance and act as a point of contact.

Skills

Ability to read and interpret drawings

Supplier Quality Assurance

Root Cause Corrective Actions

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering

Tools

Catia

Job description

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors or masters degree from an accredited college in an Engineering or related technical discipline. Or equivalent work experience will be considered.

Ability to read and interpret drawings and industry/line of business specifications

Job Code/Title

E1963:Procurement Engineer Sr

Job Description

The Work
The Senior Procurement Supplier Quality Engineer (PQE) will tactically and strategically support suppliers, supply management in which supply parts to all locations of Sikorsky Aircraft. This position is the most senior individual contributor PQE role within Sikorsky Supplier Quality and as such the person is expected to be the SME within Supplier Quality. Along with this take ownership of issues and lead/guide small teams made up of multiple disciplines. This person will be the point of contact for assigned suppliers in conjunction with being the supplier quality POC within Sikorsky for their assigned suppliers . Primary suppliers will be determined based on operation needs and best fit of candidate’s skills and experience. The position will be physically located in Stratford, CT. The PQE will be responsible for support throughout the product life cycle from issue identification, supplier improvement and development activities. Along with tactical resolutions to meet customer requirements and needs. The PQE will provide support through identification and implementation of process improvement activities that support Supplier Quality Organization’s key performance measurements, vision and strategy. The successful candidate will also have the ability to lead a team when required to ensure mission success. The PQE role and responsibilities include but are not to be limited to:

Travel is required ~25%

• Work with product center / area production QMs and QEs to resolve supplier RCCA and identifying continuous improvement opportunities

• Ability to identify and lead collaborative SQA efforts.

• POC for assigned suppliers, meaning the person will work with shop floor, supply management and the supplier to handle the daily and long term tactical supplier quality activities to ensure issues are identified and handled through to resolution.

• Monitor assigned supplier performance utilizing metrics

• Participate as required in supplier's failure diagnostic investigation

• Provide technical liaison support.

• Monitor supplier recovery action plans and proactively identify potential gaps

• Awareness of AS9100 and AS9102 requirements when dealing with suppliers related to handling of root cause corrective action for identified defects, first articles and product line variations.

• Take ownership and responsibility for critical processes within SQA organization

• Develop and utilize daily analytics to proactively address and identify trends

• Work with supplier counterpart on resolution of supplier quality issues through root cause corrective actions and ensure effectiveness.

• Develop and manage supplier transition plans as required.

• Report out to management and customer on root cause and corrective actions. Drive lessons learned and best practices across other product centers.

• Supporting the execution and achievement of all applicable Lockheed Martin, RMS and RMS Sikorsky business objectives.

• Support production readiness reviews, risk-based supplier assessments (RBATs), and supplier enhanced audits (SEAs).

• Support and/or manage special projects as required

• Ability to utilize Catia to complete review of Model Based Definition drawing and Reduced Dimension Drawings

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Desired skills

Prior Quality Engineer experience

Prior experience working in aerospace/rotorcraft environment

Prior use of root cause corrective action tools.

Other Important Information

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to work remotely

Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Select the Telework classification for this position

Employee will telework < 50%

Ability to Telecommute

Part time telecommuting

Shift

First

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Work Schedule

4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Security Clearance

None

LMCareers Business Unit

RMS

Department

MRSQ2S:SQA SAC MFG

Job Class

QA/Test and Inspection

Job Category

Experienced Professional

City, State

Stratford-CT

City

Stratford

Zip

06615

Virtual

no

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Possible

Req Type

Full-Time

Direct/Indirect

Direct

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EEO

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $81,600 - $143,865. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $93,800 - $162,610. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.