Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineering

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Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineering (L3)

Reference #35683

Waterdown, ON

About the Role
The Supplier Quality Engineering Specialist role is responsible for ensuring that external suppliers consistently deliver products and services to consistently meet Wescam’s supplier quality requirements. This role partners closely with engineering, supply chain, program management, operations and suppliers to drive quality performance, mitigate risk, and ensure product compliance throughout the lifecycle. Lead continuous improvement activities, including the review of supplier capabilities and perform supplier audits to drive measurable improvements against defined quality metrics.

Primary Responsibilities

Supplier qualification and management

Understanding the requirements, work with Engineering and the Buyer to assess the technical capability and roadmap of the supplier

Perform supplier audits for risk and capabilities

Identify gaps and opportunities for supplier development using ZDP (zero defect plan) and QIP (quality improvement plan)

Determine and assign capable, qualified supplier(s) to parts on Teamcenter and ERP, ensuring alignment with technical requirements, quality standards, and organizational sourcing strategies.

Specifications/document/product compliance and alignment

Verify compliance to all product specifications, acceptance testing

Align product verification/test between supplier and the internal factory

Look for and analyze trends for issues

Analyze SINs (Supplier Initiated Non Conformances) & NCRs (Non Conformances) to ensure that trends are identified and resolved

Ensure link to the shop floor, supply chain, CSG (Customer Service Group) and EFFA (Early Field Failure Analysis)

Drive (RCCA) Root Cause Corrective Actions, SCARs (supplier Corrective Action Review) and NCRs to closure

Report trends at applicable reviews and execute plans to action

Create project plans to close out issues

Perform FAI (First Article Inspection) per AS9102 requirements and part inspections at source and at incoming

Participate in the Quality Alert, Corrective Action Board & containment processes

Responsible for defining and communicating material handling and traceability requirements from the supply chain through to internal storage at Wescam ensuring proper preservation, identification, and handling of all sourced materials.

Actively participate in all internal and external technical reviews with cross‑functional teams to ensure specification compliance, design for manufacturability, testability, and cost‑effectiveness of sourced parts and assemblies.

Perform supplier process assessments at the source

Ensure the suppliers build & test processes are robust and repeatable

Ensure that the product can be produced in the most economic, efficient and effective way

Utilize techniques such as PFMEA, 8D RCCA , Fishbone, 5 why analysis

Perform additional responsibilities related to supplier quality and cross‑functional support as assigned by the Manager to meet departmental and organizational objectives.

Required Capabilities

Strong critical thinking and analytical skills and ability to analyze supplier or vendor data along with internal metrics.

Highly technical mindset and thorough knowledge of technical elements of manufacturing and engineering with the ability to identify process variability, as well as making informed judgement and recommendation within the supply chain.

Quality assurance skills with the ability to…