Title:  Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Code: 25425

Job Location: Camden, AR

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description:

The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris is seeking a Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) at our Camden, AR location. This role is responsible for ensuring that delivered products and/or services conform to contractual and the Company’s requirements. The SQE will work closely with their assigned suppliers on activities such as Early Supplier Engagements, First Article Inspections, Root Cause / Corrective Action, Return to Green activities, and audits. The SQE will also work with the assigned Contract Source Inspector and Site Receiving Inspection to ensure that product releases are timely and meet the expectations of the internal customers. 

Essential Functions:

• Work onsite with Receiving Inspection, onsite at regional Suppliers, and with counterparts involved to resolve issues with purchase order product and end item data packages provided. Investigate and report supplier quality history as requested by quality engineering or Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) management.
• Visit suppliers to review product & process issues. Interface with internal and external customers; i.e., engineering, manufacturing, supplier, procurement to ensure requirements are met. Analyze supplier processes and planning to verify compliance with purchase orders, engineering drawings, processes, specifications, etc. Review and approval of supplier FAIs IAW AS9102.
• Be an active contributor in Early Supplier Engagements such as Post Award Reviews (PAR), Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Reviews, and Control Plan activity. Perform as the leading contributor for PAR-Lites.
• Visit suppliers and perform investigation and root cause analysis to drive improvements into their processes.  Be accountable for assigned suppliers' performance and ensure suppliers are performing with a 100% quality rating.
• Create reporting documents to status Supplier's Performance, Non-Conformance History, impact to the Company's CoPQ, Receiving Inspection Turnbacks, and other metrics as assigned.
• Participates in managing the supplier ratings/scorecard system and overseeing periodic meetings.
• Perform periodic source inspections at assigned suppliers.
• Up to 50% local business travel within the state of Arkansas.
• Ability to obtain US security clearance. 

Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Quality Engineering or other appropriate discipline and 6 years of directly related Quality Engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related Quality Engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related Quality Engineering experience.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license. Employees who drive on company business to carry out job-related duties must possess a valid driver’s license for the class of vehicle driven and meet automobile insurability requirements of the Company. Eligibility for employment for those who do not meet this requirement due to disability will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in manufacturing and/or inspections.
• Strong problem solving, RCCA and investigation experience.
• Certified Quality Engineer strongly preferred.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze data from several sources and develop a plan to take action based upon the data.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 Aerospace Quality Management System Standard and AS9102, First Article Inspection Standard.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within a close-knit team environment.

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