Eng Sr - Quality

Requisition Number

112615BR

You don’t see it, but it’s there. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from saving emissions in the City of Lights to powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F-35 fighter jet. At Electronic Systems, you’ll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry’s most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too.

Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate For Those Who Move The WorldTM.”

Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with us!

We are looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to implement tools and processes to ensure suppliers improve on current products with robust plans and deliver first time quality to BAE program customers. The person will also investigate, evaluate, and resolve supplier quality problems as well as conduct audits, analyze defect trends, and lead continuous improvement projects. This supplier quality engineer will engage experts across our commodity team to proactively mitigate risk and ensure effective resolution of issues as well as engage with program teams to support the manufacturing floor, flow down of customer requirements, sourcing decisions, and supplier risk identification. They must be a self-starting problem solver who will utilize their analytical skills to find innovative solutions to quality-related issues. A strong desire and mindset to drive actions and projects to closure without being prompted is a must. Strong communication skills are required to ensure suppliers understand requirements and expectations, make progress reports and present findings. Ability to influence and execute across functions and organizations summarize briefing/findings at an executive leadership level will be necessary for success.

Additionally you will:

• Utilize supplier Scorecards/metrics and analytical tools to quantify performance levels of individual suppliers and work with those suppliers to develop improvement plans to achieve 100% quality performance

• Evaluate and assess the impact of nonconforming product and suppliers’ corrective actions, including timely communication with the program team of both.

• Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence of non conformances

• Flow down contractual requirements to suppliers based on QMS / part / risk / customer requirements

• Perform Production Process Verifications (PPV's) at supplier locations and participate in PPAP review process and other aspects of APQP

• Perform and Evaluate First Article Inspections per the requirements of AS9102 as well as train suppliers to meet BAE Systems expectations

• Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, and program quality to identify part and supplier risk for proactive mitigation activities.

Job Posting Title

Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Family

Quality Eng

Travel Percentage

25%

Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position

Secret

Shift

1st Shift

Regular or Temporary

Regular

Typical Education and Experience

Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 4 years work experience or equivalent experience

Required Skills and Education

Bachelor's Degree and 2-4+ years work experience or 6-8+ years of experience in lieu of degree

Ability to read and interpret documents such as technical drawings, specifications, requirements

Well-organized

Strong communicator capable of working through complex issues with peers, management and multiple functions

Proficient in MS Office Products including Word, Excel, Power Point

Preferred Skills and Education

Ability to analyze supplier defect/performance data and display visually

L6S Greenbelt

Experience with root cause corrective action investigations

Experience with electronics manufacturing

Proven ability to coordinate a team to drive action

Experience with metric trending

AS9102/AS9145 experience

About BAE Systems Electronic Systems

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.

Department

1CI_ES C4ISR Quality & Perf Assur

Company

BAE_BAE SYSTEMS Info&Elec Sys Intg

Posting Requirements

Internal/External

Job Category

Engineering & Technology

U.S. Person Required

Yes

Business Area

C4ISR Systems

Salary Max Point

161680

Salary Min Point

95106

Union Job

None

Recruiter

Alison Dominick