Supplier Quality Engineer

The Company:

Pacific Aerospace & Electronics (PacAero) is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to join our team! A successful candidate is committed to pushing the boundaries of technology, performance, and innovation. Join us and connect your career to the future!

PacAero’s core businesses include an array of electronic connectors and housings for the world’s most extreme environments. PacAero is primarily located in Wenatchee, WA with a remote manufacturing site, Bonded Metals, located in Sequim, WA. Working together, we employ proprietary technologies, best practices engineering, and specialized manufacturing techniques to produce hermetic connectors and electronic packaging that perform in the world’s most extreme environments. PacAero’s products are hard at work in medical components, such as cardiac-function devices, on key aerospace & defense programs, in space and deep below the earth's surface.

The Position:

Job Summary 

Supplier Quality Engineer supports and maintains supplier quality performance within an AS9100-certified manufacturing environment. The Supplier Quality Engineer will work closely with suppliers, engineering, purchasing, and production teams to ensure all supplied materials and components meet quality, regulatory, and customer requirements. This position is responsible for supplier qualification, auditing, corrective actions, continuous improvement initiatives, and driving compliance with quality standards.

Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Supplier Quality Engineer Responsibilities 

• Review and Improve supplier quality metrics, nonconformance reports, and incoming inspection results through innovative and collaborative initiatives. 
• Analyze supplier quality data and develop improvement plans to reduce defects and improve delivery performance. 
• Evaluate, assess, and monitor supplier quality performance to ensure compliance with internal, regulatory and customer quality standards.
•  Review and approve supplier corrective actions and root cause investigations to ensure continuous improvement, avoid non-conformances, and prevent repeated non-conformances.
• Collaborate with suppliers to resolve nonconforming material issues and implement preventive measures. 
• Work with supply chain team to evaluate existing and new suppliers, provide recommendations as needed to add or remove suppliers from Approved Supplier List (ASL). 
• Conduct supplier audits, assessments, and qualification activities.
• Ensure suppliers have and can maintain quality control plan. 
• Support incoming inspection activities and supplier-related quality documentation. This includes coordinating feedback and returns in support of Quality and Purchasing functions.
•  Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to support production goals. 
• Participate in APQP, FAI, PPAP, and risk management activities as required. 

Benefits:

PacAero provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

At PacAero, we strive to create an inclusive and supportive work environment, and our benefits package is a reflection of this commitment. Our benefit offerings include:

• Insurance Benefits: We provide our employees with access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, voluntary life, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity, to ensure they can prioritize their health and well-being.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe in the importance of work-life balance, so we offer generous PTO allowances that accrue with each pay period so that our employees can rest and recharge, spend time with family and friends, or pursue personal interests. Employees will also accrue sick time per WA state regulations.
• Paid Holidays: We recognize the importance of spending time with loved ones during holidays, so our employees receive paid holidays to celebrate and enjoy these moments.
• 401(k) w/ Matching: We offer a 100% match, up to 4%, to help our employees save for their future.
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurances: We want to ensure that our employees are protected in case of unexpected circumstances, and provide short-term & long-term disability insurances, entirely employer paid.
• Tuition Reimbursement: We believe in continuous learning and development and offer tuition reimbursement to support our employees' educational goals.
• Additional Perks: Our employees enjoy a range of additional benefits such as dependable work schedules, overtime opportunities, term life & AD&D insurance, corporate gym membership discounts, and more.

Due to ITAR Requirements, all PacAero employees must be classified as US Persons and are required to show proof upon hire. *U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 of the ITAR: U.S. Person means a person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). It also means any corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States.

PacAero provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials functions.

Essential: 

• Familiarity with inspection methods, blueprint reading, GD&T, and quality tools. 
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and quality management software
• Working knowledge of AS9100 quality management systems and aerospace requirements. 
• Experience with supplier audits, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes. 
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Read, write, speak and comprehend the English language.
• Must be able to retain information.
• Must have legible handwriting.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction.

Education/Previous Experience Requirements

• 3+ years of supplier quality experience in a manufacturing or aerospace environment preferred. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related field preferred. 

Work Environment

• Office and Manufacturing Environment
• Contaminants: May work with or around hazardous chemicals.
• Protective gear: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a requirement for safety. 
• Shift work: Mon-Fri 7:00am-3:30pm and be willing to adapt work schedule to company needs.

Physical Requirements:

• Standing/Sitting: Able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Manual dexterity: Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination are necessary for manipulating tools and performing precise measurements with a Microscope.
• Precision and vision: Specific vision ability to have natural or corrected near distance acuity in at least one eye. Capable of passing the Jaeger Number 2 test and a color vision test.

In addition, all employees of PA&E are expected to

• Promote teamwork and cooperative effort 
• Maintain a clean, safe, and unobstructed work area and observe safety regulations, follow protective equipment requirements 
• Understand and apply appropriate quality improvement processes
• Follow company handbook policy