Supplier Quality Engineer Associate
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Location: Fort Worth
Job type: Permanent
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Supplier Quality Engineer Associate
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Job ID: 468191BR Date posted: Jan. 31, City: Fort Worth State: Texas
Description:This position is part of the LM Aero Supplier Quality Management (SQM) team, within the LM Aero Quality & Mission Success organization and reports to the Asc. Manager for Advanced Quality Team.
This position is for an Advanced Quality Engineer working various SQM initiatives to drive the supply base to Zero Defects. As a member of the AQ Team, the candidate will partially function as a technical advisor within SQM teams across the product life cycle of multiple programs, technology domains, and multiple organizations to assure compliance to policies and quality/engineering requirements. Responsible and accountable for initiating effective methods and improvements that drive down defects, improve field SQE competencies, drive standardization and collaborate effectively with various functions and leaders.
Goals of the selected Quality Engineer are:
- To ensure long term flow of defect reduction and elimination to continuously reduce cost of poor quality associated with procured product.
- Lead and support key Supplier Quality strategic initiatives and projects. (Supplier population scope includes airframe and system commodities, IWTA sites, and international suppliers, including built-to-print and design-authority contracts)
- To ensure long term supplier compliance to contractual quality requirements, as they relate to LM Aero product.
- Mentor and Support deployed Supplier Quality Engineers (SQE) with Quality Science Tools and Techniques.
The selected candidate will be accountable for collaborating with various functions (both internally and externally) to solve technical and contractual issues, and ensuring execution is aligned with the quality and affordability goals set by the LM Aero programs.
The position requires about 30% travel within the United States.
Must be a US Citizen.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in a technical / STEM field or equivalent experience in Quality Assurance or Project Management.
Experience in applying Quality concepts and tools.
Desired Skills:
Demonstrated process knowledge and implementation of product quality engineering competencies including product hardware knowledge
Familiar with Quality Systems specifically AS9100, ISO 9001:2008, AS9103, AS9102
Ability to ID risks/opportunities and apply Lean and Six Sigma tools appropriately including performing root cause analysis and driving effective corrective action
Green Belt Certification and/or related Technical Background/Experience with Progress toward Black Belt. Facilitation experience, Lean/Sigma practical experience
Demonstrated ability to handle a large amount of responsibility and demonstrated effective implementation and execution.
Proficient experience with Microsoft Office toolset with specific focus on MS Excel data.
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
Emerging Leadership skills
Process Mapping skills
Demonstrated Presentation skills
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally, build consensus, shape/influence opinion and articulate the future state.
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional Business Unit: ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY Relocation Available: Possible Career Area: QA/Test and Inspection Clearance Level: None Type: Full-Time Virtual Location: no Work Schedule: FLEX9x80A-Friday off in 2nd week w/flex hrs/day Shift: First
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