Senior Supplier Development Engineer
Listed on 2026-08-20
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Procurement / Purchasing -
Supply Chain/Logistics
Procurement / Purchasing
Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.
Job Title:Senior Supplier Development Engineer Reporting To:
Supplier Quality & Development Engineering Manager
Work Schedule:
Onsite – Torrance, CA
Moog’s Military Aircraft Group has an immediate opening for a Senior Supplier Development Engineer.
Primary scope:supplier maturity, capability gaps, launch readiness, and structured risk reduction.
Decision posture:coordinates and drives the plan, while aligning technical and business decisions with stakeholders.
Reporting to our Supplier Quality & Development Manager.
This on-site position is based in Torrance, CA (Los Angeles area) and offers a 9/80 work schedule.
To be considered for the role, here’s what you’ll need to bring with you:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (manufacturing, supply chain, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience)
- 7 or more years’ experience of manufacturing engineering or Supply Chain
- Manufacturing Engineering Experience with supplier development, APQP, industrialization, manufacturing readiness, or operations improvement
- Ability to assess process maturity, capability evidence, and supplier execution risk
- Strong project-management discipline with clear action tracking and follow-up
- Clear communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders on risk, expectations, and closure plans
- 20% to 35% travel, depending on supplier-development and readiness-assessment demand.
As a Senior Supplier Development Engineer, you will:
- Improve supplier capability, capacity, readiness, and execution before issues become chronic escapes by leading structured supplier-development plans and readiness assessments, including supply-chain implementation for new product introduction and work transfer.
- Lead supplier capability, capacity, readiness, and risk assessments for assigned suppliers or programs.
- Build and track supplier development plans with specific owners, milestones, and closure evidence.
- Support supplier onboarding, segmentation, capability assessment, and readiness review activities.
- Coordinate program, sourcing, manufacturing, and quality inputs when supplier maturity is below expectation.
- Drive clear issue definition and action ownership so development work does not fragment across teams.
- Focuses on the following commodities:
Electro-Mechanical Assemblies, Electronics, Supplier Owned IPs, and Some machining knowledge required. - NPI Implementation in Supply Chain Drive supplier-development plans for NPI, new supplier onboarding, and work transfers with clear readiness gates, owners, and recovery milestones.
- Coordinate capacity, capability, industrialization, and business-readiness actions needed to launch new parts into the supply base without fragmented ownership.
- Maintain visibility to open NPI supplier risks and ensure they are integrated into the dashboard and weekly operating cadence.
- Measurable KPIs Supplier development plan milestones closed by due date >= 90%. Capability / readiness assessments completed to plan >= 95%. Assigned high-risk supplier actions moved from open to verified closure within target >= 90%. APQP / launch-readiness deliverables completed on time for owned scope >= 95%. Unowned supplier-development actions on assigned portfolio maintained at zero.
Financial Rewards:
great compensation package, bonus opportunities, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Work/Life Balance:Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance
Health & Welfare:Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages
Professional Skills Development:Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development, and other personal growth…
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