Senior Supplier Development Engineer
About The Position
Moog’s Military Aircraft Group has an immediate opening for a Senior Supplier Development Engineer. The primary scope of this role is to address supplier maturity, capability gaps, launch readiness, and structured risk reduction. The decision posture for this role is to coordinate and drive the plan, while aligning technical and business decisions with stakeholders. This on-site position is based in Torrance, CA (Los Angeles area) and offers a 9/80 work schedule. The role focuses on commodities such as Electro-Mechanical Assemblies, Electronics, Supplier Owned IPs, and requires some machining knowledge. A significant aspect of the role involves NPI Implementation in Supply Chain, driving supplier-development plans for NPI, new supplier onboarding, and work transfers with clear readiness gates, owners, and recovery milestones. This includes coordinating capacity, capability, industrialization, and business-readiness actions needed to launch new parts into the supply base without fragmented ownership, and maintaining visibility to open NPI supplier risks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (manufacturing, supply chain, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience)
- 7 or more years’ experience of manufacturing engineering or Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineering
- Experience with supplier development, APQP, industrialization, manufacturing readiness, or operations improvement
- Ability to assess process maturity, capability evidence, and supplier execution risk
- Strong project-management discipline with clear action tracking and follow-up
- Clear communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders on risk, expectations, and closure plans
Nice To Haves
- Focuses on the following commodities: Electro-Mechanical Assemblies, Electronics, Supplier Owned IPs, and Some machining knowledge required.
Responsibilities
- Improve supplier capability, capacity, readiness, and execution before issues become chronic escapes by leading structured supplier-development plans and readiness assessments, including supply-chain implementation for new product introduction and work transfer.
- Lead supplier capability, capacity, readiness, and risk assessments for assigned suppliers or programs.
- Build and track supplier development plans with specific owners, milestones, and closure evidence.
- Support supplier onboarding, segmentation, capability assessment, and readiness review activities.
- Coordinate program, sourcing, manufacturing, and quality inputs when supplier maturity is below expectation.
- Drive clear issue definition and action ownership so development work does not fragment across teams.
- Drive supplier-development plans for NPI, new supplier onboarding, and work transfers with clear readiness gates, owners, and recovery milestones.
- Coordinate capacity, capability, industrialization, and business-readiness actions needed to launch new parts into the supply base without fragmented ownership.
- Maintain visibility to open NPI supplier risks and ensure they are integrated into the dashboard and weekly operating cadence.
Benefits
- great compensation package
- bonus opportunities
- matching 401k
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations)
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible paid time off
- holidays
- parental leave program
- relocation assistance
- Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability
- Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”)
- other supplemental benefit coverages
- Tuition Assistance
- mentorship and coaching opportunities
- leadership development
- personal growth programs
- Multiple Employee Resource Groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
