Supplier Quality Engineer (mfd)

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About Collins Aerospace

At Collins Aerospace we work closely with our customers to solve some of the most challenging issues in the aerospace and defense industries. We combine creativity with a broad range of products capabilities and expertise always with a strong focus on our customers. By developing smart solutions and using the latest technologies and innovations we help our customers meet the needs of a rapidly changing global market.

At Kidde Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH based in Ratingen near Düsseldorf our mission as part of Collins Aerospace is to protect lives through innovative fire protection and fire suppression systems. We develop and manufacture automatic smoke detectors fire warning systems and fire suppression systems for a wide range of military and civil vehicles.

As experts and innovators in this field we continuously develop our products and capabilities to meet changing market requirements and support future growth.

Contribute to Collins Customer and Quality Excellence by ensuring supplier compliance and quality performance! In this role you will work with a high degree of autonomy to strengthen our supply base through structured approval and performance-monitoring activities while fostering collaborative problem solving in close cooperation with our Inspection Engineering and Procurement teams.

This role supports Kidde-Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH and is located in Ratingen or Heidelberg.

Responsibilities:

• Primary interface between site quality/operations teams and the central supplier quality organization
• Support Site Operations Quality Clinics Program Management and Tier meetings for business units
• Represent supplier quality in site and Corrective Action Board (CAB) Reviews
• Risk management to site through Waivers (QMS/NADCAP) Risk Release Approvals and Containment activity
• Conducts supplier approval and surveillance activities
• Verifies that suppliers meet applicable quality requirements from RTX Collins customers and regulatory standards for products processes and systems
• Internal and external coordination in case of quality deviations and non-conformities and drive RCCA and problem resolution
• Manages supplier performance metrics and lead supplier improvement activities
• Project management of supplier-relevant quality assurance activities
• Review and release supplier quality documents and reports
• Support NPI and supplier work-transfer activities
• Support internal and external audits
• Support Continuous Improvement initiatives (CORE)

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in an advanced technical discipline or several years of equivalent professional experience ideally in the defense sector
• Qualified external ISO9001 and EN 9100 lead auditor
• Good knowledge of common quality tools e.g. 8D FMEA APQP Risk Mgt FAI RCCA
• Very good (business fluent) written and spoken English and German skills
• Excellent communication skills with a high degree of persuasiveness assertiveness and persistence
• Independent and goal-oriented way of working in an international environment
• Willingness to travel (about 50%)
• Flexibility and ability to work in a team

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