Senior Supplier Manufacturing Engineer, Supplier Oversight

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Senior Supplier Manufacturing Engineer improving supplier performance and providing hands-on problem solving at Curtiss-Wright. Engaging with suppliers to ensure flawless production execution and efficiency.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeCheswick • Illinois, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $86,100 - $143,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Assembly

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide hands on problem solving and technical judgement to assist mission critical suppliers
Perform proactive supplier oversight to review and evaluate supplier processes and employ preventative/correction actions as required to improve on-time delivery and supplier manufacturing efficiency
Work hand-in-hand with Design Engineering, Sourcing team members, Supplier Quality Engineers, and Project Management to improve critical Supplier performance.
Facilitate Purchasing department initiatives by assisting with identification of critical suppliers
Act as a primary manufacturing engineer partnering with critical suppliers ensuring day-to-day flawless production execution
Translate company goals into actionable, data-driven improvements to produce positive time savings or cost reduction
Lead proactive development processes to act on opportunities for improvement and to resolve vulnerability issues across critical suppliers
Relationship building with critical suppliers to optimize communication, on-time delivery performance through capability, yield improvement, and throughput optimization
Act as expert in assigned critical supplier manufacturing process execution
Technical leadership via performance of technical reviews, production/first article readiness reviews, Product Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA), control plans, process audits and on-site oversight
Perform critical supplier capacity assessments
Conduct root cause analysis and corrective action efforts related to manufacturing nonconformances
Manage supplier preparation for documentation submittals, source inspections, audits, and regulatory or customer visits as required
Perform and direct nonconformance dispositioning as required
Coordinate cross-functionally with internal design engineering, quality, supply chain, and program teams to troubleshoot manufacturing issues
Share best practices and lessons learned across internal and supplier organizations
Travel (50% local, domestic or international as required)

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline and/or equivalent experience in a Manufacturing Lead role
A minimum of ten (10) years in a manufacturing environment with primary experience in one or more of the following: machining, fabrication welding, testing, winding and/or assembly processes.
Prior experience working on-site with suppliers highly desired
Experience in commercial nuclear, defense, aerospace, energy, or similarly regulated industries
Working knowledge of quality systems within the commercial nuclear (i.e., 10CFR50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1) or defense industry (i.e., ISO-9001, MIL-I-45208) desired
Blue print reading, particularly involving GD&T per ASME Y14.5M
Former experience with procedure, work instruction, drawing or routing creation, review or approval
Evaluation of design changes, and/or other specifications requirements, with experience in determining how those changes relate to potential manufacturing process changes
Former impactful experience with complex project management, problem prevention, strategy deployment and/or mentoring
Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and presentation skills
Problem solving, especially involving tight feature tolerances and rework of part deviations
Champion and define manufacturing strategies of large-scale projects
Green or Black Belt Lean Certification a plus
Due to DoD requirements, candidates must be US citizens, Must be able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid Time Off
401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing
Health and Wellness Benefits
Learning and Development Opportunities
Referral Program
Competitive Pay
Recognition
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Inclusive & Supportive Culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

manufacturing processesmachiningfabrication weldingtestingwindingassembly processesroot cause analysisProduct Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA)blue print readingGD&T

Soft Skills

problem solvingcommunicationorganizationpresentationrelationship buildingtechnical leadershipcross-functional coordinationmentoringstrategy deploymentevaluation of design changes

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in EngineeringGreen Belt Lean CertificationBlack Belt Lean CertificationDOD security clearance