Supplier Quality Engineer - AO Phoenix - Aerospace & Defense
Corning · Glendale, AZ
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $92k–$126k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Corning (industrial) in Glendale, AZ. Lead supplier quality activities to ensure compliance with ISO 9001, customer, regulatory and company requirements.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, SPC, Minitab, ISO 9001, AS9100, Internal audits
- Base pay
- $92k–$126k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Arizona: typical posted base $118k–$150k. This one lists $92k–$126k.
Median of the low and high ends of 13 live postings that list pay, out of 32 quality engineer openings in Arizona, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 31 other live quality postings in Arizona.
- Base pay
- About 23% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $118k–$165k, from 12 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 66%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 59%
- ✓ Supplier quality 56%
- FMEA 47%
- ✓ SPC 44%
- New product launch 44%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Minitab, Power BI / Tableau, Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Corning
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Responsibilities
- ◆Lead supplier quality activities to ensure compliance with ISO 9001, customer, regulatory and company requirements.
- ◆Facilitate corrective and preventive actions for issues both internal to the plant and for supplier / vendor complaints.
- ◆Support the supplier qualification process as well as ongoing supplier management by coordinating with GSM, monitoring metrics, and communicating with suppliers.
- ◆Provide support for Customer questionnaires and surveys, certifications, quality information requests, customer complaints, and supplier corrective action reports.
- ◆Provide quality engineering support for the QC inspection group on non-conforming product disposition, metrology questions, and improvements to the inspection process.
Required Qualifications
- ✓BS/MS Degree in Engineering or Science preferred and or transferable experience
- ✓5+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, and/or Quality, preferably in an ISO 9001 or AS9100 certified location.
- ✓Methodical, data-based decision-making skills with the ability to use this data in proactively finding solutions.
- ✓Understanding of basic statistical and data analysis concepts and their application in manufacturing.
- ✓Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with customers, suppliers, and co-workers (other locations).
- ✓Knowledge of ISO management system and quality assurance.
- ✓Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Requirements
< 25% (training and Customer or Supplier visits).
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $91,649.00 - $126,018.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
- ✓Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- ✓As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- ✓Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- ✓Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
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Requisition Number: 78661
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How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
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The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs. Consequently, this segment operates in a wide variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and cover glass that is optimized for portable display devices.
Scope of Position
Ensuring ongoing compliance to customer requirements, industry standards, and regulations through the use and enforcement of quality management systems such as internal audits, corrective actions, documentation control, risk management, inspection, disposition of non-conforming product, customer complaints, and supplier quality management. The position may be involved with issues across the supply chain from suppliers, through plant manufacturing and contract manufacturing, to the customer.
Provide Quality Engineering support for continuous improvement, change management, and cost reduction projects across the plant, including statistical analysis and reporting as needed, facilitating the use of Performance Excellence tools, and driving the creation of a product quality architecture.
Desired Skills
- +Strong process management skills, such as thorough application of documented procedures.
- +Experience with Performance Excellence, Six Sigma training/certifications.
- +Experience in performing internal audits.
- +Experience with data collection and data analysis software and techniques, such as Excel, Minitab, SPC XL, PI, Power BI, or others.
- +Experience with Nadcap accreditation and/or AS9100 certification.
- +ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP)
Hours of work/work schedule/flextime
- •Flex time: typical minimum schedule is Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.
- •Some projects may require additional hours, supporting nights or weekends.
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