Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college/university in an Engineering or related technical discipline. Equivalent work experience will be considered.
• Experience with quality or manufacturing engineering processes, policies and quality management system requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and industry/line of business specifications.
• Willingness and ability to travel to support program issues/needs as they arise.

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (PQE) will tactically and strategically support suppliers who supply parts to all locations of Sikorsky Aircraft. This position is a senior individual contributor PQE role within Sikorsky Supplier Quality, requiring in-depth knowledge of Supplier Quality. The PQE will act as the point of contact for assigned suppliers and will guide small, multidisciplinary teams. The role is located in Stratford, CT and involves support throughout the product life cycle, including issue identification, supplier improvement and development activities, and tactical resolutions to meet customer requirements.

• Work with product center / area production QMs and QEs to resolve supplier issues, work RCCA and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Identify and lead collaborative SQA efforts.
• Serve as POC for assigned suppliers, coordinating with shop floor, supply chain management and the supplier to handle daily and long‑term tactical supplier quality activities.
• Monitor assigned supplier performance utilizing metrics.
• Participate in supplier failure diagnostic investigations as required.
• Provide technical liaison support.
• Monitor supplier recovery action plans and proactively identify potential gaps.
• Apply AS9100 and AS9102 requirements when dealing with suppliers related to root cause corrective action for identified defects, first articles and product line variations.
• Own and maintain critical processes within the SQA organization.
• Develop and utilize daily analytics to proactively address and identify trends.
• Work with supplier counterpart to resolve supplier quality issues through root cause corrective actions and ensure effectiveness.
• Develop and manage supplier transition plans as required.
• Report to management and customers on root cause and corrective actions, driving lessons learned and best practices across other product centers.
• Support the execution and achievement of all applicable Lockheed Martin, RMS and RMS Sikorsky business objectives.
• Support production readiness reviews, risk‑based supplier assessments (RBATs), and supplier enhanced audits (SEAs).
• Support and/or manage special projects as required.
• Utilize Catia to review Model Based Definition drawings and Reduced Dimension Drawings.

Travel required:

approximately 25%.

• Prior experience working with Dynamic Components line of business.
• Prior Quality Engineer experience.
• Prior use of root cause corrective action tools.
• Proficiency with discrepancy documents, SAP or other databases.
• Ability to focus on continual improvement practices using causal analysis tools to drive corrective and preventive actions.