Job Description

The Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer (SQE) is responsible for ensuring that SEAKR’s supply chain is consistently able to provide high-quality, reliable mechanicals and components for aerospace applications.  This person will participate in supplier quality audits, performs source inspections, audits supplier quality management systems, and tracks supplier performance.  The SQE plays a critical role in SEAKR’s Product Assurance department, ensuring that flowed-down mechanical and electrical component requirements are properly executed and can resolve potential supplier quality issues.  The SQE reports to the Manager of the Supplier Quality Engineering Group.

IN THIS POSITION YOU WILL

• Support procurement, program management, manufacturing, and engineering with all supplier quality related activities. 
• Report to the office on a hybrid schedule (minimum 2-3 days per week, and more as required) to act as a Receiving Inspection liaison to assist with material discrepancies and visual findings as reported by the Receiving Inspection team.
• Regularly attend and participate in any assigned commodity Control Board; As a sitting member you will help support discussion on new suppliers, track receipts and dispositions, and propose or support additional testing required to vet suspect production/lots.
• Maintain a relationship with the internal SEAKR Engineering, Radiation, CE, Procurement/Property and Receiving Inspection teams to maintain a high-level overview and understanding of challenges.
• Perform local quality system evaluations of new and ongoing suppliers.
• Perform onsite supplier surveillance during fabrication of flight articles to assure compliance with requirements.
• Draft and maintain electronic records of supplier surveillance and evaluation reports in a timely manner.
• Create/maintain supplier approval rating and records, including survey records and Quality Management Systems (QMS) certifications, in SEAKR’s ERP system. 
• Perform a review and approval of purchase orders of flight hardware.
• Identify and mitigate supplier-born risks.
• Analyze supplier defect trends and lead continuous improvement projects.
• Support Receiving Inspection with non-conformance evaluations and Material Review Board (MRB) dispositions.
• Communicate non-conformances to supplier and request, track, and help implement corrective/preventive action where necessary.
• Work with Procurement and other SQE/Mechanical and Component Engineers to vet and onboard new suppliers.

Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALITIES

• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable Engineering/technical field or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Minimum of 5 or more years of experience in product assurance and quality systems with exposure to ISO9001/AS9100.
• Able to travel (25% typical, up to 75% of time per month) to perform supplier surveys, audits, assessments, and inspections.
• Strong communication skills to interface effectively with internal auditors and external suppliers on quality and quality control issues.
• Technical aptitude with strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering documentation such as drawing dimensions and mechanical/electronic inspection methods/reports
• Ability to successfully operate as part of a multi-functional team, including engineering, program management, supply chain, and manufacturing.
• Effective time management and skillfulness at task prioritization.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

DESIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALITIES

• Industry experience in electronics assemblies, manufacturing and/or printed circuit boards (PCB) fabrication.
• Background in performing root cause analysis (5 Whys, 8D, Fishbone, Pareto, FMEA), and identifying solutions to complex problems.
• Experience improving supplier performance through metrics.
• Proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Knowledge of quality systems and supply chain quality functions and documentation.