Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer at SEAKREngineering

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.