Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Lead Supplier Quality & Improvements (Hybrid)

Leonardo DRS; Menomonee Falls (WI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo DRS seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to oversee the quality of purchased items in product development and to drive quality system improvements. The role requires mentoring, supplier audits, and coordinating corrective actions.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule with travel up to 40% to support suppliers and audits. You will develop and deploy quality plans translating customer requirements into actionable programs, review documentation, and lead quality teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Proficient technical expertise and application domain knowledge.
• ASQ certification or Black Belt preferred.
• Proficient with ISO Standards, Six Sigma tools, statistics.
• Ability to understand military specifications and to read blueprints.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication and writing skills.
• Ability to define problems and drive to root cause and effective corrective action.

Responsibilities

• Participate in supplier development activities and interact with suppliers to implement corrective actions, improve control plans, and eliminate defects.
• Develop, maintain, and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities.
• Perform analyses of program requirements and prepares responsive quality plans, procedures, schedules and resource allocations to assure optimum quality support.
• Mentor junior quality engineers.
• Review and approve engineering/test and contractor documentation and provide input to assure that appropriate quality requirements are addressed.
• Provide ongoing quality system support to include performing internal audits, ensuring implementation of root cause corrective actions.
• Lead product quality improvement teams, Material Review Boards and participates in Failure Review Boards.
• Provide technical support for Assembly/Test/Inspection personnel to include executing workmanship improvement plans, developing inspection methods and criteria, specifying appropriate sampling plans, interpreting and revising specifications, and processing non-conforming materials.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drives supplier continuous improvement processes, including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and reviewing and approving of supplier corrective actions.
• Develop and generate statistical reports on inspection activities and results, new product or process testing results, etc. and recommend action as required.
• Establish programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production and processing equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical facilities.
• Consider financial impacts of quality process controls and inspections.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Interpersonal skills

Written and verbal communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience

ASQ certification or Black Belt preferred

Tools

ISO Standards

Six Sigma tools

Statistical analysis

Job description

Leonardo DRS seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to oversee the quality of purchased items in product development and to drive quality system improvements. The role requires mentoring, supplier audits, and coordinating corrective actions.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule with travel up to 40% to support suppliers and audits. You will develop and deploy quality plans translating customer requirements into actionable programs, review documentation, and lead quality teams to ensure