Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer (Level 4)

Lockheed Martin•Kansas City, MO

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The selected candidate will be responsible for achieving total quality performance across multiple sites for strategic suppliers that produce major airframe and systems components. The goals are to lead the supplier through the process of developing and executing plans that ensure long term flow of defect-free products in support of LM Aero production. The selected candidate will be accountable for collaborating with functional organizations and leadership at the supplier sites and at LM Aero to solve technical and contractual issues, and for ensuring supplier performance is aligned with quality goals while sustaining production delivery requirements. This is a deployed position in the Southern Kansas or Oklahoma area. Telecommuter remote work location to be reasonable driving distance to LM assigned suppliers as defined in agreement with manager. The suppliers are located in Kansas and Oklahoma.

Requirements

Bachelors degree from an accredited college
Ample experience with root cause and corrective action (RCCA)
Experience developing and maintaining Effective Customer relationship building and adapting to a highly dynamic environment
Experience in the fields of quality science, quality engineering, and/or subcontract management
Experience with implementing supplier improvement activities
Working knowledge background in GD&T, Inspection methods, Tooling, AS9100, AS9102.
Working knowledge of Six Sigma, preventive tools PDCA, PFMEA, Mistake Proofing and Gap Analysis.
Knowledge and effectively apply root cause analysis, Cause Mapping, Cause & Effect diagrams, Pick Charts and, structured RCCA for effective corrective action.
Must be a US Citizen.
This position supports a facility that may require special access.

Nice To Haves

Major assembly or Teammate F-35 experience
F-35 Program knowledge, including the ability to understand F-35 engineering data packages, including GD&T requirements, material and process specifications, and schematics
Familiarity with the manufacturing and inspection techniques for one or more of the following types of parts: metallic machined or formed, composite laminate or bonded assemblies, air vehicle and missions systems (electronics), hydraulic or pneumatic components
Work related experience with planning and executing AS9102 First Article Inspection based requirements
Experience developing successful performance improvement plans (e.g. return-to-green plans, zero-defect plans, supplier excellence plans)
Green Belt or Black Belt, CQE certification
Demonstrated quality science expertise in one or more of the following: statistical analysis, statistical process control, sampling, six sigma, FAI, PPAP, PFMAE process auditing or validation, root cause analysis and corrective action validations, and supplier quality management
Experience interacting with government customers (JPO, DCMA, DoD)
Excellent interpersonal skills needed for collaboration, communication, and presentations at working and leadership levels.

Responsibilities

Achieve total quality performance across multiple sites for strategic suppliers that produce major airframe and systems components.
Lead the supplier through the process of developing and executing plans that ensure long term flow of defect-free products in support of LM Aero production.
Collaborate with functional organizations and leadership at the supplier sites and at LM Aero to solve technical and contractual issues.
Ensure supplier performance is aligned with quality goals while sustaining production delivery requirements.