Senior Supplier Quality Engineer – Lead Supplier Excellence

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Job Title:
Spec, Quality Engr
Job Code: 44673
Job Location:
Clifton, NJ
Job Schedule: 9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:
This position is responsible for quality improvement issues related to suppliers and/or subcontractors of materials, products or services used in development or manufacturing and responsible for managing incoming material discrepancies.

Essential Functions:

• Lead supplier quality activities across multiple programs with minimal supervision.

• Serve as the primary quality interface between suppliers and internal cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and program management.

• Drive supplier corrective action requests, root cause analysis, containment, and verification of permanent corrective actions.

• Assess supplier performance, identify risk areas, and develop mitigation and recovery plans to support program execution and delivery commitments.

• Conduct supplier evaluations, audits, and process reviews to ensure compliance with quality requirements, specifications, and contractual expectations.

• Monitor supplier quality metrics and performance trends to proactively address issues affecting cost, quality, and schedule.

• Support material review board activities, nonconformance resolution, and disposition coordination with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

• Partner with sourcing and supply chain teams to support supplier selection, qualification, development, and performance improvement efforts.

• Review and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, flow-down requirements, and quality clauses to ensure supplier compliance.

• Provide leadership in resolving complex supplier-related issues that impact production, product acceptance, and customer commitments.

• Support production readiness, first article inspections, process validation, and implementation of quality planning requirements as needed.

• Coordinate and communicate supplier quality status, risks, and corrective action progress to program and functional leadership.

• Travel to supplier locations as required to support audits, investigations, source inspections, and recovery efforts.

• Act as an independent, experienced resource capable of prioritizing and executing day-to-day supplier quality responsibilities across a demanding, fast-paced environment.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% percent

• Active secret clearance

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in:
Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in supporting design, development, manufacturing and/or supplier quality activities OR, Master’s Degree in:
Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in supporting design, development, manufacturing and/or supplier quality activities. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Ability to focus, prioritize, and multi-task successfully…