Supplier Quality Specialist

Boeing

Supplier Quality Specialist ensuring compliance and quality oversight for Boeing products in California. Planning audits and mentoring suppliers for quality improvements and risk management.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeHuntington Beach • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $106,250 - $175,950 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Plans, organizes, and conducts onsite audits of Boeing procured material, parts, and assemblies
Applies knowledge of materials, and special processes to assess supplier capability and capacity to perform and complies with Boeing specifications, engineering documents or other contractual and regulatory requirements
Create presentations and presents to senior management at suppliers and Boeing
Practices root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective action to prevent recurrence of issues
Provides mentoring and coaching on quality systems, regulatory compliance issues and company initiatives
Conducts source inspections and delegates product acceptance responsibility to suppliers
Assesses capability and capacity of suppliers to perform current or potential future work
Develop training materials and other resources to support improvements in supplier performance and productivity
Recognizes/Identifies risks and holds suppliers accountable for the mitigation of those risks
Supports external conformities
Exhibits an extremely high level of Emotional Intelligence
Protects the Boeing brand in word and deed

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience working in Quality, Supplier Quality or Supplier Management
3+ years of experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA)
3+ years of experience in Quality Management Systems (QMS)
1+ years of experience in performing product inspection
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (preferred)
5+ years of experience using analytical, collaboration, communication and organizational skills (preferred)
3+ years of experience with project leadership leading cross-functional teams (preferred)
Experience working with structures and machining (preferred)
Proficient in MS Office tool suite and project management software tools (preferred)
Working knowledge of various quality tools and processes such as FMEA, control plans, SPC and MSA (preferred)
Experience with the application of improvement methodologies such as Lean, Theory of Constraints and/or Six Sigma to achieve measurable results (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Health savings accounts
Retirement savings plans
Life and disability insurance programs
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA)Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA)Quality Management Systems (QMS)Product InspectionFMEAControl PlansStatistical Process Control (SPC)Measurement System Analysis (MSA)Lean MethodologySix Sigma

Soft Skills

Emotional IntelligenceCollaborationCommunicationOrganizational SkillsMentoring