Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (Inspection Process & Planning)

Job Description

Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics. 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. We put our customers first – exemplified by our missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate For Those Who Move The World™.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

We are looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) to implement tools, processes, and procedures within our inspection processes prior to factory release. The SQE will also investigate, evaluate, and resolve measurement correlations between Incoming Inspection and the source of the supply. The supplier quality engineer will engage with 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 contractual requirements, sourcing decisions, and supplier risk identification. 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, expectations, 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.

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site.

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

• Measurement System Analysis knowledge and application

• Technical writing skills

• Manufacturing Execution System experience

• Advanced Inspection Equipment knowledge and application

• 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

• Ability to work and colloborate across multiple functions

• Project management is a plus

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Technical bachelor’s degree and 2-4+ years of experience or 6-8+ years of experience in lieu of degree

• Ability to analyze supplier defect/performance data and display visually

• 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 functionsProficient in MS Office Products including Word, Excel, Power Point

• Sampling Plan Understanding

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field
• 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
• Previous Experience with creating inspection plans

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $92290 - $156860

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
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.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.