Nacelles Supplier Quality Engineer

GE Aerospace is advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. The Supplier Quality Engineer for Composites & Nacelles will drive quality standards for assigned suppliers and lead supplier quality improvement initiatives, ensuring adherence to GE process specifications and agency regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Oversight and responsibility for supplier processes, from initial qualification, maintenance, and necessary improvements driven by Quality and Business needs
• Position includes regular supplier audits and system assessments for quality preparedness and process controls to remain adherent to GE process specifications and agency regulations
• Lead GE Aerospace supplier root cause and corrective actions to reduce systemic, product specific, and process related defects
• Requires specialized knowledge within the function. Influence the development of strategy for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and the influence of policy formulation
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and can construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on specific topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view
• Uses some judgment and has the ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated, day-to-day problems. Has ability to prioritize information for data analysis. Uses technical experience and analytical thinking. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions
• Travel fluctuates between 25% to 50% depending on the needs of the business

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years quality engineering experience)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Quality or Manufacturing Engineering
• Demonstrated experience working with Nacelles
• Demonstrated experience in manufacturing, supplier quality, statistical analysis, or customer quality
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills
• Demonstrated history of problem solving, root cause and corrective action methodology, data analysis and quality experience
• Demonstrated experience in assembly, composites and/or systems engineering
• Demonstrated, applicable, aerospace industry experience
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker