Lockheed Martin · 1 day ago
Procurement Engineer Sr
Stratford, CT
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelLockheed Martin is a global leader in aerospace, defense, and technology solutions. The Senior Procurement Supplier Quality Engineer will support suppliers and supply management, ensuring quality throughout the product life cycle and leading initiatives for continuous improvement.
AerospaceCyber SecurityMachinery ManufacturingMilitaryNational SecurityRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
Work with product center / area production QMs and QEs to resolve supplier RCCA and identifying continuous improvement opportunities
Ability to identify and lead collaborative SQA efforts
POC for assigned suppliers, meaning the person will work with shop floor, supply management and the supplier to handle the daily and long term tactical supplier quality activities to ensure issues are identified and handled through to resolution
Monitor assigned supplier performance utilizing metrics
Participate as required in supplier's failure diagnostic investigation
Provide technical liaison support
Monitor supplier recovery action plans and proactively identify potential gaps
Awareness of AS9100 and AS9102 requirements when dealing with suppliers related to handling of root cause corrective action for identified defects, first articles and product line variations
Take ownership and responsibility for critical processes within SQA organization
Develop and utilize daily analytics to proactively address and identify trends
Work with supplier counterpart on resolution of supplier quality issues through root cause corrective actions and ensure effectiveness
Develop and manage supplier transition plans as required
Report out to management and customer on root cause and corrective actions. Drive lessons learned and best practices across other product centers
Supporting the execution and achievement of all applicable Lockheed Martin, RMS and RMS Sikorsky business objectives
Support production readiness reviews, risk-based supplier assessments (RBATs), and supplier enhanced audits (SEAs)
Support and/or manage special projects as required
Ability to utilize Catia to complete review of Model Based Definition drawing and Reduced Dimension Drawings
Qualification
Required
Ability to identify and lead collaborative SQA efforts
POC for assigned suppliers, meaning the person will work with shop floor, supply management and the supplier to handle the daily and long term tactical supplier quality activities to ensure issues are identified and handled through to resolution
Monitor assigned supplier performance utilizing metrics
Participate as required in supplier's failure diagnostic investigation
Provide technical liaison support
Monitor supplier recovery action plans and proactively identify potential gaps
Awareness of AS9100 and AS9102 requirements when dealing with suppliers related to handling of root cause corrective action for identified defects, first articles and product line variations
Take ownership and responsibility for critical processes within SQA organization
Develop and utilize daily analytics to proactively address and identify trends
Work with supplier counterpart on resolution of supplier quality issues through root cause corrective actions and ensure effectiveness
Develop and manage supplier transition plans as required
Report out to management and customer on root cause and corrective actions. Drive lessons learned and best practices across other product centers
Supporting the execution and achievement of all applicable Lockheed Martin, RMS and RMS Sikorsky business objectives
Support production readiness reviews, risk-based supplier assessments (RBATs), and supplier enhanced audits (SEAs)
Support and/or manage special projects as required
Ability to utilize Catia to complete review of Model Based Definition drawing and Reduced Dimension Drawings
Preferred
Prior experience working with Aerostructures line of business
Prior Quality Engineer experience
Prior use of root cause corrective action tools
Proficiency with discrepancy documents or SAP or other databases
Ability to focus on continual improvement practices using causal analysis tools to drive corrective and preventive actions
Company
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
Founded in 1912
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.06BKey Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M
Leadership Team
Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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