Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

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 components for aerospace applications. This person audits supplier quality management systems, performs source inspections, and tracks supplier performance. The SQE plays a critical role in SEAKR's Supply Chain department, ensuring that flowed-down part requirements are properly executed and resolving supplier quality issues. The SQE reports to the Manager of Supplier Quality.

IN THIS POSITION YOU WILL

• Support procurement, program management, manufacturing, and engineering with all supplier quality related activities.
• Perform quality system evaluations of new and ongoing suppliers.
• Perform supplier surveillance during fabrication of flight articles to assure compliance with requirements.
• Draft and maintain electronic records of supplier surveillance and evaluation reports in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
• Create/maintain supplier approval rating and records, including survey records and Quality Management Systems (QMS) certifications, in 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 to vet and onboard new suppliers.