Supplier Quality Specialist

What You Will Do

Raytheon ELCAN seeks a motivated and detail-oriented Supplier Quality Specialist to ensure that external vendors meet the highest standards in performance, compliance, and delivery. The role reports to the Senior Manager, Quality & Mission Assurance and acts as the primary interface between the supply base and internal stakeholders for critical and technically advanced programs.

• Participate in supplier evaluation and selection by conducting assessments and audits of potential suppliers.
• Perform detailed assessments, audits, and qualification processes for new and existing suppliers.
• Ensure suppliers meet quality, regulatory, and performance standards, including compliance with AS9100, NADCAP, and other aerospace certifications.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships along with Supply Chain.
• Collaborate with suppliers to flow down product requirements internally and to sub‑tier suppliers through requirements, quality notes, and statements of work.
• Interpret requirements to ensure the supply base understands and complies with quality expectations.
• Establish and implement supplier performance metrics, including inspection plans, testing, and validation of components.
• Monitor trends in supplier performance and initiate projects to improve quality, cost, and delivery.
• Drive supplier continuous improvement initiatives utilizing lean tools such as RTX Core.
• Work closely with Engineering, Operations, Mission Assurance, and Supply Chain to meet or exceed product quality through the entire supply chain.
• Identify and lead root cause corrective action (RCCA) and failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS) activities related to supplier quality issues to prevent recurrence of defects and quality issues.
• Maintain accurate records of supplier performance, audits, and compliance documentation.
• Conduct regular supplier audits to ensure compliance with the quality management system (QMS).
• Track and report audit findings and work with suppliers to close gaps.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) or a related technical discipline is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality management, quality assurance, or related fields, with a proven track record of leading quality initiatives in a manufacturing or operational environment.
• Experience with quality systems such as ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485, or equivalent.
• Strong statistical and analytical skills and a data‑driven mindset, capable of interpreting complex data sets and making informed decisions.
• Experience with supplier audits and compliance is an asset.
• Experience with hardware inspection and ability to work with technical engineering specifications and drawings.
• Familiarity with lean tools and continuous improvement processes.
• Knowledge of Canadian Controlled Goods Program and Contract Security Program requirements related to security clearance.

The position involves technologies regulated by the Canadian government’s Controlled Goods Program and the Contract Security Program. Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, have resided in Canada for at least five consecutive years, and meet all other program requirements. A successful security screening per the Controlled Goods Regulations and the Contract Security Program is required before a job offer can be made.

Raytheon ELCAN adheres to the principles of equal employment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Raytheon ELCAN will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection, and assessment process to any applicants with disabilities. If you require disability‑related accommodations, please contact Human Resources.