Role Definition: Assesses supplier quality and qualifies production parts in compliance with manufacturing specifications and standards. Responsibilities: •    Ensure quality of received components by reviewing supplier provided data against drawing requirements. •    Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates. •    Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational policies and quality certifications (ISO, NADCAP). •    Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans. Skill Descriptors: •    Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. •    Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. •    Process Improvement: Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services. •    Quality Orientation: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques; ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization. •    Product Quality Assurance: Knowledge of product quality assurance; ability to use tools, techniques and methodologies assuring the quality of development for and manufacturing of products. •    Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance. •    Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice. •    Supplier Evaluations and Certification: Knowledge of supplier evaluations and certification; ability to identify the methods, tools and documentation for evaluating, selecting and certifying vendors, suppliers and partners. Desired Qualifications: Experience in any of the following: CNC Programming, Machining, Investment Casting or Quality Engineering Experience in production parts qualification Familiarity with specification from the following: SAE, ASTM, MIL Experience in a manufacturing environment Security Clearance Required: No Visa Candidate Considered: No Compensation: Base Salary - USD $112,704 to $169,056