Job Description SummaryAt Avio Aero, a GE Aerospace company, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world-leading provider specializing in the design, production, and maintenance of components and propulsion systems for both civil and military aviation. Respect for people is core to our culture and part of our commitment to FLIGHT DECK, GE Aerospace’s proprietary lean operating model. We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential. For the people of Avio Aero, their work isn't just a job, it's their passion and purpose. We were meant to fly.

As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring supplier deliveries consistently meet all customer quality and regulatory requirements. Your responsibilities will include leading preventive enhancement initiatives to improve supplier manufacturing processes and actively contributing to sourcing and industrialization efforts to achieve the target of zero customer defects. The role also involves collaborating with sourcing and product engineering teams to conduct preventive assessments of design-to-manufacturing processes, ensuring that quality systems are adaptable and responsive to evolving demands.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Lead the organization in resolving complex customer quality concerns related to supplier performance, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives

Monitor and analyze customer scorecards, driving preventive actions to mitigate disruptions triggered by suppliers

Establish strategic partnerships with suppliers to anticipate volume evolution, adapt to changing quality requirements, and implement long-term improvement plans

Provide advanced engineering support to supplier manufacturing processes, ensuring consistent application of quality techniques to resolve high-impact issues related to capability, tolerancing, and materials

Lead supplier eligibility assessments, readiness reviews, and surveillance audits, ensuring robust early containment actions are applied

Drive APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) initiatives, including customer requirements flow-down, FMEA, and leveraging lessons learned, ensuring PPAP approvals are conducted on-site when required

Champion the use of Flight Deck tools across multidisciplinary teams, driving cultural and operational transformation

Develop and implement breakthrough process improvement strategies in collaboration with stakeholders, leveraging Flight Deck principles such as Hoshin Kanri to achieve significant productivity gains in product cost and service business

Act as a senior advisor and active leader in Hoshin Kanri initiatives and lean development with strategic/critical suppliers

Oversee resolution of complex shop issues related to supplied parts, ensuring rapid identification and containment of non-compliances

Lead strategic management of Supplier Quality KPIs through advanced standard work practices

Represent supplier quality in high-level production planning meetings, providing actionable insights on constraints preventing product/process release

Lead cross-functional problem-solving events to address internal scraps and supplier escapes, ensuring root cause analysis, corrective actions, risk assessments, and standardization through lessons learned/FMEA

Make critical decisions to stop production in the event of uncontained supplied off-spec parts, ensuring minimal disruption to operations

Act as the gatekeeper for scrap assets, inventory control, and supplier-related parts management

Lead advanced risk assessments (e.g., PFMEA, PQA) to ensure compliance with product, process, and system quality requirements

Identify and implement improvement parameters using advanced statistical methods to sustain manufacturing processes and prevent non-conformities

Drive deployment of lessons learned through Yokoten, ensuring successful preventive actions are shared across the organization

Qualifications/Requirements

Master of Science in Engineering degree

Extensive experience in driving quality assurance and control within complex manufacturing environments, with a proven track record of leadership in supplier quality management

Advanced understanding of mechanical processes

Deep expertise in aerospace standards and customer-specific requirements

Advanced knowledge of materials used in the aerospace industry

Certified auditor with significant experience in conducting audits and assessments

Expert-level proficiency in GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)

Proven Expertise in Quality Tools: PDCA/A3, Ishikawa diagram/3x5L Why, SIPOC/Process Flow Diagram/Process Flow Chart, Production Control Plan/FMEA, APQP/PPAP, SPC/Run Charts, MSA

Advanced Knowledge of Manufacturing Processes: Complex assembly, Machining, Electronic assembly, Welding/Brazing, Sheet metal forming, Heat treatment/Thermal coating

Willingness to travel at least 50% of the time

Fluency in English and Italian

Work Visa in accordance with local regulation is required

Desired Characteristics

Familiarity with GE Quality Systems and Tools: eCAV, eNMS, SPS (or equivalent customer tools)

Proficiency in GE Avio Aero IT Tools: APICE, SAP, Quarta EVO

Demonstrated ability to lead, persuade, motivate, and energize others at all levels, including senior leadership

Passionate, personable, self-confident, and adaptable to complex situations

Proven ability to establish trust, fairness, and honesty in relationships, building a strong personal power base

Skilled at establishing and maintaining productive relationships and networks to facilitate high-level business transactions

Exceptional ability to manage time and prioritize multiple competing tasks in a fast-paced environment

Advanced problem-solving skills, including the ability to develop innovative solutions, act decisively, and demonstrate sound judgment

Strong logical and methodical thinking capabilities

Proven track record of maintaining focus on short- and long-term goals, with a strong sense of urgency and persistence to achieve results

What we offer

Smart working and work life-balance

Avio Aero, when possible, promotes remote work and encourages a good, healthy and satisfying work-life balance. We value our employees’ wellbeing; hence we offer a variety of improvement programs aimed to preserve anyone’s psychological safety and daily needs. 

Total Rewards

At Avio Aero, we understand the importance of Total Rewards. As a new joiner to Avio Aero we are pleased to offer the following welcome benefit plan: 

Performance related bonuses and local bonus scheme

Flexible benefits platform

Life and injury insurance:

Medical cove

Employee assistant program

Employee special awards (service and recognition) 

Local special agreements and discounts

English and languages training for you and one member of your family

Technical, Leadership and development trainings

Inclusion & Diversity

Avio Aero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are strongly committed to maintain an inclusive and diverse environment. Every employment decision is taken regardless to national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, etc. 

We are not all the same. Just be Yourself @AvioAero!

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No