Overview
On Site
USD 70,000.00 - 113,000.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
Computer Hardware
Aerospace
Military
HMI
Motion Control
RF
Design For Manufacturability
Leadership
New Product Introduction
NPI
Surveillance
Auditing
Collaboration
ROOT
Innovation
Attention To Detail
Customer Satisfaction
PPAP
APQP
Inspection
Quality Management
ISO 9000
AS9100
Design Of Experiments
Six Sigma
Statistical Process Control
Lean Methodology
Communication
Presentations
Management
Material Requirements Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning
Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
Job Details
Supplier Development Engineer
The SupplierDevelopment Engineer ensures that supplying companies' systems, processes andbuild capabilities meet the design intent of the customer and are compliantwith the end customer's needs. This includes initial supply chain companyverification.
Who are we?
Founded in 1849, Ducommun is the oldest company in California. Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rush and eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas and Lockheed.
Today Ducommun is a global provider of innovative manufacturing solutions for customers in the aerospace, defense and industrial markets. We specialize in electronic and structural systems, producing complex products and components for commercial aircraft platforms, mission-critical military and space programs, and sophisticated industrial applications.
Our Performance Center in Carson, CA is the Engineered Products Group site for our Human Machine Interface, Motion Control Device, and Radio Frequency (RF) product lines.
Job Summary
Required Skills and Qualifications
Base Compensation: USD 70,000.00 - 113,000.00 Paid Salaried
Equal Opportunity EmployerVeterans/Disabled
23301 S. Wilmington Ave
Carson, California, 90745
United States
The SupplierDevelopment Engineer ensures that supplying companies' systems, processes andbuild capabilities meet the design intent of the customer and are compliantwith the end customer's needs. This includes initial supply chain companyverification.
Who are we?
Founded in 1849, Ducommun is the oldest company in California. Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rush and eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas and Lockheed.
Today Ducommun is a global provider of innovative manufacturing solutions for customers in the aerospace, defense and industrial markets. We specialize in electronic and structural systems, producing complex products and components for commercial aircraft platforms, mission-critical military and space programs, and sophisticated industrial applications.
Our Performance Center in Carson, CA is the Engineered Products Group site for our Human Machine Interface, Motion Control Device, and Radio Frequency (RF) product lines.
Job Summary
- Act as the technical point of contact, solving emergent challenges at suppliers and mitigating risk to the manufacturing system by addressing high-impact manufacturing and quality challenges
- Support design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews to ensure manufacturability
- Provide leadership for New Product Introduction (NPI) at suppliers
- Identify, audit and onboard new suppliers; perform surveillance and diagnostic audits on incumbent suppliers
- Industrialize new materials and/or processes by collaborating with suppliers to implement the required capital improvements and developing their capability to scale-up these new technologies
- Collaborate with Design, Quality, and Manufacturing to determine the ideal performance specifications and supplier metrics.
- Assists in investigating and resolving nonconformities or quality issues. This includes analyzing root causes, implementing corrective actions, and tracking effectiveness. Collaborates with other departments to ensure timely resolution and prevention of recurring problems.
- Lead containment activities, working with cross-functional counterparts on scope, path forward and ultimate resolution
- Demonstrate innovation, technical excellence, attention to detail, self-direction and courage
- Drive for results and customer satisfaction by collaborating with teams, leading projects, and continuously driving improvement in the supply base
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Experience with high volume manufacturing
- Ability to communicate and direct supplier activities at the management level
- Knowledge quality processes - production part approval process (PPAP), advanced product quality planning (APQP), first article inspection reports (FAIR), etc.
- Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and methods, e.g., design of experiments, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control (SPC), etc.
- Knowledge of Lean concepts
- Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines, internally and externally
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to suppliers, team members and management
- Experience with MRP or ERP systems
- Ability to work extended hours, some nights and weekends when required to meet critical deadlines
- Ability to travel average of 25-40% travel domestically and internationally, possibly on short notice; valid driver's license mandatory
- U.S. Person status
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering or a STEM discipline; Master's degree in engineering or business a plus
- 5+ years of manufacturing, supply chain, or business project experience
Base Compensation: USD 70,000.00 - 113,000.00 Paid Salaried
Equal Opportunity EmployerVeterans/Disabled
23301 S. Wilmington Ave
Carson, California, 90745
United States
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