Commodity Supplier Assurance Engineer – Energetics & Propulsion

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Commodity Supplier Assurance Engineer ensuring supplier quality and managing supplier relationships in aerospace and defense. Driving continuous improvement and risk mitigation strategies across the supply base.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts, Texas, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $107,500 - $204,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and implement process improvements and risk mitigation strategies across the supply base.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external customers, key partners, and stakeholders.
Influence decision-making through quality assurance, aligning efforts with customer priorities and mission success.
Interpret and communicate purchase order quality requirements to ensure supplier and subcontractor compliance.
Ensure product requirements are properly flowed down and adhered to by internal teams and sub-tier suppliers.
Assess supplier quality capabilities throughout the program lifecycle to meet objectives.
Identify and resolve supplier risks and systemic issues through root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Drive continuous improvement using Six Sigma, lean methodologies, and other analytical tools.
Collaborate across Quality functions and Cross Business Teams (CBTs) to ensure rapid issue resolution.
Oversee First Article Verification, Source Inspection, and supplier assessments, audits, and reviews.
Resolve supplier risks and ensure compliance with program objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 5 years’ experience
Relevant experience is working in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, system engineering, manufacturing & quality systems, and/or technical supplier management
Experience managing suppliers using Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) methods such as 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.
Experience driving process improvements using Six Sigma, Lean, or other analytical tools, and presenting data to support decision-making.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Experience working within aerospace/defense standards such as AS9100, AS9102, ISO-9000, and AS9145.
Experience in DoD product and process oversight including requirements, build, integration, test and delivery
Experience with industry technical standards (such as ANSI, CMMI, ASTM, etc.)
Experience collaborating with engineering, manufacturing operations, and supply chain teams.
Six Sigma, Lean and / or American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification (CQE, CQM/OE, CSQE, CQA, CRE, etc.).

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short-term disability
long-term disability
401(k) match
flexible spending accounts
flexible work schedules
employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
parental leave
paid time off
holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

process improvementsrisk mitigation strategiesquality assuranceroot cause analysiscorrective actionsSix Sigmalean methodologiesFirst Article VerificationSource Inspectionsupplier assessments

Soft Skills

relationship buildinginfluence decision-makingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

Six Sigma CertificationAmerican Society for Quality CertificationCQECQM/OECSQECQACRE