Sr. Specialist, Quality Auditor

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Job Title:
Sr. Specialist, Special Process Quality Auditor
Job Code: 45188

Job Location:
Remote

Job Schedule: 9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Missile Solutions (MSL) Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality, compliance, and reliability of materials, components, and special processes provided by external suppliers for high-risk aerospace manufacturing. This role evaluates, audits, and monitors suppliers to ensure compliance with AS9100, Certified Special Process requirements, customer specifications, regulatory standards, and contractual quality requirements.

This position is critical to ensuring suppliers maintain effective Quality Management Systems (QMS) and controlled Certified Special Processes (CSP) capable of consistently delivering conforming product. The ideal candidate brings strong auditing, analytical, and problem-solving skills, and is able to work collaboratively with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve quality performance, reduce risk, and strengthen supply chain compliance.

Essential Functions:

• Evaluate new and existing suppliers for capability, QMS effectiveness, and compliance with aerospace, industry, and CSP requirements.
• Conduct supplier QMS and CSP audits to verify compliance with AS9100, internal specifications, customer requirements, and contractual flow-downs.
• Support supplier qualification activities in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Develop audit criteria and checklists, document findings, and drive timely closure of corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor supplier performance through data analysis, trend review, and evaluation of nonconformances for potential product impact.
• Investigate supplier-related quality issues, determine root cause, and ensure effective corrective actions are implemented.
• Identify and support continuous improvement opportunities to enhance quality, reduce variation, improve efficiency, and lower supply chain risk.
• Provide guidance to suppliers on QMS, CSP qualification requirements, internal process specifications, and applicable industry standards.
• Ensure supplier compliance with applicable regulatory, industry, customer, and internal quality requirements.
• Support internal audits, customer audits, and third-party AS9100 registrar audits through documentation and compliance evidence.
• Become proficient in MSL systems, procedures, standard work, and databases used to manage supplier continuity and process metrics.
• Comply with company policies and time-reporting requirements.
• Travel up to 60% or more may be required, as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Possess a valid state issued driver’s license,

Preferred Additional

Skills:

• Experience in root cause analysis, risk assessment, and…