Senior Supplier Quality Engineer – Aerospace Quality Lead

Viasat; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a Senior/Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier improvements and establish key partnerships within the Corporate Quality Team. You will audit suppliers, develop underperforming vendors, and lead initiatives to improve AS9100 processes and system standards.

This role collaborates with Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, NPI and Design Engineering to drive world-class supplier quality practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in a Supplier Quality role.
• Minimum 10+ years in quality engineering or continuous improvement roles.

Responsibilities

• Audit suppliers to onboard and surveil to mitigate issues.
• Develop underperforming suppliers using corrective action and AS9100 improvements.
• Lead company-wide quality initiatives to standardize processes.
• Foster supplier partnerships for transparent issue resolution and improvement.
• Collaborate with sourcing, supply chain and design to drive strategy and projects.
• Present data-driven solutions to leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Supplier Quality

Statistical Process Control

Root Cause Analysis

Auditing

Cross-functional Collaboration

Data Analysis

Education

Engineering Bachelor's Degree

Tools

PLM Tool (Agile)

Oracle ERP

Job description

Viasat is seeking a Senior/Staff Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier improvements and establish key partnerships within the Corporate Quality Team. You will audit suppliers, develop underperforming vendors, and lead initiatives to improve AS9100 processes and system standards.

This role collaborates with Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, NPI and Design Engineering to drive world-class supplier quality practices.