Supplier Development Engineer (aviation)
About The Position
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering (preferred)
- 6+ years in Supplier Quality and/or quality management/supplier management
- Prior quality, manufacturing, product quality, supplier quality, supplier development or engineering experience in manufacturing environment
- Data management/Excel
- Project management
- Analytical problem solving & management of complex tasks
- Leadership and influence
Responsibilities
- Perform supplier qualifications, action plans, audits, performance monitoring, supplier improvements, supplier capacity & capability assessment and assisting key suppliers towards industrial standards of excellence
- Work with supplier around design control, design verification and validation activities, production & process controls, corrective & preventative action, complaints and risk assessment & management with cross functional teams, and product quality improvement using tools such as six sigma, DFR, etc.
- Work with supplier to ensure availability of parts & equipment & provide updates as necessary
- Ensure timely test development or duplication
- Deliver the PPAP for all parts
- Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to generate Quality documentation
- Work with suppliers to ensure compliance
- Perform design review between engineering & suppliers
- Supplier & process development
- Part quality plan (PQP) element determination (FAI, capability study, FMEA, control plan, Gage RR), approval & execution with supplier
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
