Sr Supplier Quality Engineer

Elbit America•Fort Worth, TX

23h

About The Position

Interact with supplier production and quality departments to ensure production and inspection processes are consistent and adequate to provide the customer organization with a steady flow of goods conforming to product quality and delivery requirements. Help the supplier upgrade to meet customer expectations by using a combination of knowledge, tact, and teaching ability, and by teaming with manufacturing, quality, and engineering experts as needed to support the endeavor. Monitor supplier performance, generate statistical reports, and take action to assist when performance is below the targeted level. Maintain the approved supplier list and key supplier lists and perform on-site supplier audits/surveys.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree required (or in lieu of a degree, equivalent, related work experience, and/or military service)
5 or more years of related experience in manufacturing engineering or quality

Nice To Haves

Degree Preferred: Engineering/Manufacturing or equivalent technical degree
ISO 9000 / 13485 experience preferred

Responsibilities

Plan, devise, and implement approaches for supplier controls and improvement.
Develop and generate supplier rating reports and associated statistical data used to assess supplier performance.
Provide technical support to inspection and test personnel and design and establish workmanship criteria for projects.
Travel to suppliers to perform supplier surveys and correlate results to determine supplier suitability for ESA applications.
Travel to suppliers to conduct on-site audits of supplier operating systems to determine suppliers’ compliance with minimum operating system requirements.
Analyze statistical data to evaluate trends, investigate failures completely to determine the root cause, and take appropriate corrective action to revise design, methods, and inspection/test instructions to prevent failure recurrence.
Must know when to solicit internal and external expert advice for the best outcome.
Analyze product specifications and supplier processes and determine and specify the type of test and test equipment necessary to accomplish the objective.
Assist suppliers in developing process improvement plans to prevent recurrence of any defects.
Periodically present supplier performance reports to senior management and respond to supplier performance concerns.
Oversee qualification and periodic testing requirements; initiate required customer reports and lead corrective action efforts on failures/defects.
Update and maintain the Approved Supplier List.
Perform data analysis of rejects and recommend supplier disqualification, when appropriate.
Make data-driven recommendations/decisions and take appropriate action based on the trends.
Drive the implementation of effective closed-loop corrective actions to resolve issues and prevent recurrence of rejections.