Supplier Quality Engineer II – Electronic Commodity

Job Description As a successful candidate for this quality engineering position, you will leverage your abilities to improve the quality and delivery of supplied products. This position will utilize your expertise to improve the quality and delivery of supplied products. You will support resolution of quality and delivery issues, manage supplier corrective actions, and support production program challenges. You will need to be a self-starter who has a thirst for knowledge, willing and able to train others, and have a passion to learn and improve supplier systems and products. This is a very visible position to the organization and plays an important part at BAE Systems and in the Aerospace and Defense industry!

In this position, you are the resource responsible for the technical supplier performance relationship at the front end of the Integrated Supply Chain – where production material is sourced, where it enters the product realization process, and upon where the company relies to ensure compliant parts are delivered on time. You will be a part of BAE System’s procurement risk management that enables our competitive edge and reduces the risk to programs, our customers, and the warfighter.

The Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit plays a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution – from strategic capital investments, industrial operations and an efficient supply chain, to state-of-the-art manufacturing and test operations and top-notch facilities management.

• •Manage and develop suppliers – with a focus on electronic components and assemblies, and associated special processes.
• •Become the subject matter expert in electronic components and all aspects of manufacturing processes.
• •Investigate and troubleshoot nonconformance concerns - identify and mitigate manufacturing, material, and process issues.
• •Proficiently utilize electronic manufacturing information systems including the Quality Management System (QMS), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) system, Product Data Management (PDM) system, and other various databases that control and monitor supplier performance.
• •Perform supply chain quality engineering functions including supplier evaluations, on-site system assessments, product realization capability and capacity reviews, and supplier corrective actions.
• •Use your understanding of technical specifications and supplier manufacturing processes to troubleshoot and resolve supplier fault issues.
• •Work collaboratively with Supply Chain and Engineering on strategic sourcing teams to improve sourcing decisions, improve the supply base and selection of available suppliers, and affect improvements when necessary.
• •Review drawings, procedures and engineering orders for completeness and suggest improvements to ensure supplier success.
• •Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• •Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• •Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

• •Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
• •May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• •May access other facilities in various weather conditions.