Supplier Quality Engineer - Aviation & Defense

CAE; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Work-life balance

Professional development opportunities

Recognition and advancement

Job summary

CAE USA Inc. is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to develop and implement policies and practices ensuring external vendors and raw material suppliers meet quality standards.

You will evaluate supplier facilities, processes, and quality systems, support supplier certification, analyze data for trends, and lead root-cause investigations. The role requires a professional degree in a single discipline with typically 5 years of related experience and may involve mentoring peers.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years related work experience.
• Experience in an ISO 9001 quality management system or AS9100 quality Management system for aviation, space and defense environment.
• Experience with identification of requirements in customer contracts, specifications and drawings.
• Experience with review of purchase orders/requisition for quality requirements flow down.
• Knowledge of commodities-based procurements is required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Word and Excel is required.
• Experience auditing quality systems for deficiencies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review purchase requisitions to ensure the adequacy of specified quality requirements prior to their communication to the suppliers.
• Verify all drawings, specifications, and SOWs are released documents prior to approval of purchase requisition.
• Verify each COTS item procured has an OEM/OCM or authorized distributor identified.
• Collaborate with program quality engineering to ensure quality standards are properly flowed to suppliers.
• Ensure the correct quality assurance codes are applied based on the requirements for the commodity.
• Review purchase requisitions and requests to obtain quote to ensure the adequacy of specified quality requirements prior to their communication to the suppliers.
• Review approved supplier records to ensure all audits, surveys, and applicable 3rd party certifications are current and maintained in our supplier registry system.
• Generate supplier scorecards to reflect ongoing measurements of supplier delivery and quality performance.
• Approve new suppliers in the approved supplier registry and qualify by reviewing documentation and/or site visits.
• Issue and track supplier corrective action requests.
• Support the internal audit and corrective action processes.
• Position may require 10% travel to support supplier evaluations.

Skills

QA experience

Supplier quality

Contract requirements

SOW review

MS Office

Education

Associate’s degree in related discipline

Tools

Excel

Word

AS9100

ISO 9001

Job description

CAE USA Inc. is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to develop and implement policies and practices ensuring external vendors and raw material suppliers meet quality standards.

You will evaluate supplier facilities, processes, and quality systems, support supplier certification, analyze data for trends, and lead root-cause investigations. The role requires a professional degree in a single discipline with typically 5 years of related experience and may involve mentoring peers.