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Position Title: Supplier Quality Engineer
Business Name: Lycoming Engines
Function: Quality
Reports to: Manager External Quality
SUMMARY
The Supplier Quality Engineer will oversee quality assurance processes, implement quality control measures, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. This role involves the development, implementation, and maintenance of protocols and procedures to ensure products are manufactured and assembled to the highest standards. Additionally, the Senior Quality Engineer will lead process improvement activities at supplier facilities to enhance product quality for Lycoming Engines. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience with Six Sigma methodologies, AS9100 standards, and FAA regulatory requirements.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Leads, plans, organizes, monitors, and conducts supplier audits to quality standards (AS9100) in support of supplier selection and improvement.
• Drives effective root cause analyses and corrective actions for Lycoming Engines and its customers.
• Spearheads process improvement activities at supplier facilities.
• Facilitate preventive actions and supplier process control projects that improve the quality of products delivered to Lycoming Engines.
• Compiles and analyzes data to make informed decisions to drive supplier quality improvement.
• Evaluates suppliers’ performance and implements necessary enhancements.
• Works closely with the receiving inspection team to resolve any issues with parts or paperwork from suppliers.
• Collaborate with the supply chain team for supplier review and development.
• Provides a clear vision of supplier quality strategy and processes to supplier teams.
• Conducts frequent supplier site visits to ensure compliance and foster continuous improvement.
Position Title: Sr. Quality Engineer
Business Name: Lycoming Engines
Function: Quality
Reports to: Manager Internal Quality
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SUMMARY
The Sr. Quality Engineer will oversee quality assurance processes, implement quality control measures, and drive continuous improvement. This role will develop, implement, and maintain protocols and procedures to ensure products are manufactured and assembled to the highest standards. The ideal candidate will have experience with Six Sigma methodologies, AS9100 standards, and FAA regulatory requirements. A deep understanding of advanced quality tools such as Lean Manufacturing, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Value Stream Mapping is essential.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develops, implements, and maintains quality assurance protocols and procedures to ensure compliance with AS9100 standards and FAA regulatory requirements.
• Conducts root cause analysis and implements corrective and preventive actions to address non-conformances and improve product quality.
• Performs internal audits and supports third party audits (ex. AS9100) to identify opportunities for improvement and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including engineering, production, and supply chain, to ensure quality standards are met throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develops and maintains quality documentation, including inspection plans, control plans, and quality reports.
• Utilizes advanced quality tools such as Lean Manufacturing, SPC, and Value Stream Mapping to optimize processes and improve efficiency.
• Provides training and support to team members on quality standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Monitors and analyzes quality performance metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Supports new product development and introduction processes to ensure quality requirements are met from concept to production.
• Leads and participates in improvement projects and initiatives.
Who We Are
We are Textron Systems, best known for innovative defense technologies and services. We are a part of Textron Inc, one of the world’s leading multi-industry companies, recognized for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat and many more. Our company leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative products and services.
But our business is all about people – the customers who rely on us and the exceptional team that brings our mission to life.
We've been in the industry for more than 50 years and embraced the unique capabilities that come with being a mid-sized player. We bring the agility of a small business to meet our customers' most urgent requirements and empower our team members to push past possible. We can scale quickly to solve the big problems, working across functions, sites, and business lines to make it happen. We’re comprised of 7 domains specializing in Air, Sea, Land, Weapons Systems, Electronic Systems, Propulsion, and Testing and Training Simulations.
Start your career in a big way by joining Textron Systems. We are here to provide necessary and life-changing services and products to our customers. We are right where the real work happens. By joining our team, you will gain exciting and versatile experiences from day one to fuel your growth. Talent development is a big part of who we are. Don't just start your career - go big.
Visit TextronSystems.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
Job Summary
About This Role
We believe people should love what they do – in this role, you will be responsible for:
- Perform visual and manual inspections for hardware of various programs.
- Assist with the flow of material through receiving inspection. Includes assisting with non-conforming material, acquiring certifications from suppliers, verification/creation of labels.
- Act as a liaison between functions within the organization.
- Assist current inspectors and quality engineers with tasks to improve the flow of material.
- Assist in tasks to support day to day operations and overall success of the team
About This Role
We believe people should love what they do – in this role, you will be responsible for Quality Inspection:
Primary Function: To perform checks, tests, gauging, and instrument inspections of materials, goods in process, and finished goods.
Job Duties:
- Performs audits, tests, and inspections of materials, goods in process, or finished goods within the value stream (receiving through final system assembly) assuring quality first by determining compliance to drawings, procedures, and specifications.
- Applies established inspection procedures and uses simple inspection/testing tools and instruments of a “go/no go” nature.
- Develops and/or uses test and inspection set-ups utilizing mechanical and/or electrical test measurement equipment.
- Inspection methods and limits require good judgment and interpretation.
- Requires interpretation of inspection plans, tests and procedures.
- Recommends changes to procedures, processes, and drawings to improve efficiency and/or quality of the product.
- Identifies and documents nonconforming material in accordance with applicable procedures.
- Assists and trains others in assuring the proper test, measurement, and procedural operations.
- Ensure adherences to policies and procedures accordingly.
- Practices Total Quality principles and concepts.
- Acquire IPC-610/STD 001 and IPC-620 Certifications as applicable
A Senior/Lead Internal Quality Auditor completes audits independently or directs an audit from start to conclusion while providing guidance and audit oversight to a team of auditors. Schedules, plans and conducts Internal Quality process audits, Quality system audits, follow-up audits and other Quality related audits. Ensures compliance to AS9100 and verifies the audit’s resulting actions are implemented and effective. Represents Quality and supports the team at audit and corrective action meetings and discussions. Generates and assists in the issuance of corrective actions and risk mitigation requests. Provides any needed auditor guidance for the creation of audit checklists and recognizing and facilitating high quality corrective actions that prevent recurrence and assuring objective evidence adequately supports the audit results.
Responsibilities:
- Revise, refine, update and recommend changes to policies and procedures
- Present audit summaries, lessons learned and recommend actions for continuous improvement.
- Responsible for the leading day to day activity associated with auditing
- Oversee and conduct various internal Quality audits in adherence to the Audit Plan
- Generate or sample team audit reports,
- Collect and summarize audit data for metrics and reporting.
- Take necessary action to achieve the metric goals within the organization.
- Assist team to issue corrective action and risk feindmitigation requests.
- Review corrective action submittals for acceptance and compliance.
- Provide the audit team the necessary support to instill strong audit skills, create comprehensive reports and provide timely follow-up for effectiveness reviews.
- Provide employees with training to utilize the tools necessary to determine true Root Cause and initiate strong corrective actions that will prevent recurrence.
- Analyze and maintain trending data and submit reports, as required.
- Communicate quality system audit issues to management and prepare audit presentation material detailing audit findings and conclusions reached as well as recommendations.
- Perform quality-related activities that add strategic value to the business such as participation in process and procedural development activities, continuous improvement actions, process mapping and streamlining, and contractual program verification.
- Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
This role is in Textron System’s Weapon Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
About This Role
Performs Quality Engineering assignments requiring independent evaluation, selection, and application of standard Quality techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgment and ingenuity in making adaptations and modifications. Quality Engineer supports product design activities, planning for quality, production activities, data analysis and development of metrics, root cause and corrective action, and process and product improvement.
Responsibilities:
• Reviews customer contracts on simple to moderately complex projects; responsible for requirements analysis, identification and definition.
• Performs quality planning activities including development of Quality Plan, Quality Assurance Directives and Inspection Plan documents as required by the assigned project(s).
• Interfaces with Supplier Development and Sourcing Engineering to provide guidance and support for supplier issues.
• Participates in product development and design document reviews targeting design for manufacturability
• Interfaces with internal organizations and systems in performance of the assigned Quality Engineering functions.
• Participates in process improvement activities through monitoring, root cause investigations, auditing, failure analysis etc.
• Participates in Program Management activities appropriate to the assigned project(s).
• Participates in Contract Data Requirements List development, review and delivery to the customer as required by the assigned project(s).
• Assists in developing fabrication/build processes and standards
• Performs Material Review Board (MRB) disposition and tracking activities.
• Interfaces with internal organizations and systems in performance of the assigned Quality Engineering functions.
• Uses knowledge of inspection tools and techniques to define inspection requirements.
• Performs QA estimating for small to medium, less complex projects.
• Provides status inputs to the Cost Account Manager for tasks performed. May perform CAM function for small to medium projects.
Who We Are
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
This role is in Textron System’s Weapon Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
About This Role
Supplier Quality Engineer/Supplier Development Engineer III is responsible for delivering strategic and tactical supply chain activities for our supply base to effectively support all Textron Systems’ businesses across all site locations with a focus on overall external supply chain improvement.
Each team member will develop optimized external supply chain capability, enabling the highest levels of competition among the highest performing suppliers, geographically located; to optimally support our business throughout all phases of the product life cycle with a particular focus on Quality.
This role includes performing: - supplier assessments and development evaluations, supplier identification, and supplier management tasks. Working collaboratively across all product domains to understand the needs of the business and drive supply chain execution and accountability to the highest attainable level
The ability to travel is a catalyst to support our growing network of top performing suppliers, building relationships, competence and trust to support the development and delivery success of the many state-of-the-art Textron product lines, and when needed, engage in problem solving challenges that differentiates us from our competition. The network will further extend to capture internal customers in program management, engineering, and manufacturing, whilst teaming with procurement and Quality to provide effective execution.
Supplier Quality Engineer/Supplier Development Engineer III is specifically responsible for driving results with our suppliers across multiple supply categories including mechanical and/or electrical parts and assemblies in all facets of performance, including cost, delivery and quality. This role will report directly to the Manager of Supplier Development within the Supply Chain organization.
Responsibilities
· Develop Relationships throughout the Supply Base and connect that network with Internal customers and drive Quality into the foundation for execution
· Perform and/or participate in source qualification by performing quality management system surveys and special process surveys.
· Solicit supplier inputs into product design, considering design for manufacturability, cost, reliability, parts availability, and more.
· Perform Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRA) as appropriate for suppliers.
· Coordinate the effective flow-downs of contractual requirements to suppliers along with alignment on quality codes and performance expectations.
· Execute supplier development strategies balanced across all domains.
· Partner with Sourcing Engineering, Supplier Management, Buyers, and Quality Engineering to ensure a smooth transition to the identified source enabling seamless execution via leading effective Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM).
· Coordinate with Quality Engineering inspection requirements of suppliers and execute inspection requirements such as first article inspection, managing nonconforming materials, troubleshooting, processing material review board actions, etc.
· Lead management of critical supplier issues to improve overall execution.
· Lead risk assessments via FMEA/Risk Cubes, RCCA, countermeasures and supplier scorecard reviews.
· Perform data analysis and issue reports on supplier performance to ensure suppliers meet and maintain expected performance levels inclusive of quality and delivery.
Who We Are
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
This role is in Textron System’s Air Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
About This Role
Textron Systems in Blackstone, VA is seeking a Quality Engineer. We believe people should love what they do – in this role, you will:
• Support Quality processes in receiving, receiving inspection, assembly, test and shipping areas
• Attend Integrated Product Team meetings to present on Quality priorities, nonconformances, focus areas, and key issues
• Disposition nonconformances in parts, paperwork, drawings, etc.
• Conduct Material Review Board (MRB) submissions on noncompliant material as needed
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering and others to report out on defects and identify root cause and corrective actions
• Conduct and report out on periodic quality audits to ensure compliance to process and procedure
• Participate in periodic reviews to report out quality performance and other key metrics
• Analyze production results/inspection data and present findings to the team
• Support the improvement of processes throughout the facility
• Meet with Factory Managers, Planners, Supplier Quality Engineers, Project Managers, and others to find solutions to day-to-day problems and develop formal corrective action requests when required
• Produce/revise inspection instructions/procedures, inspect product when required
• Other duties as assigned
Who We Are
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
This role is in Textron System’s Weapon Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
About This Role:
A Level II NDT Specialist is responsible for the training, oversight, examination, and certification of Textron NDT Technicians in Visual, Liquid Penetrant, and Radiographic NDT methodologies.
Responsibilities:
• Fabrication Process experience required:
o Expertise in welding fabrication and associated NDT methods.
o Experience in composites and associated NDT methods.
o Experience in DOD or aerospace fabrication facility/programs.
• Proven ability to interpret military or commercial fabrication and NDT specifications is required, with ability to quickly adopt new specification requirements across multiple programs.
• Create, review, and verify processes and procedures for NDT methodologies (UT, PT and RT) to ensure compliance with customer specifications and requirements.
• Evaluate Quality requirements for new programs perform gap analysis based on current capabilities.
• Assist Quality leadership with various audits and compliance projects.
o Experience supporting Nadcap audits is preferred.
• Willingness to travel between company sites as needed to support Level II activities across multiple programs.
• Willingness to inspect production weldments and hardware for acceptance as required.
• Hands on, Production floor mindset and approach.
• Review supplier NDT inspection techniques.
Who We Are
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
This role is in Textron System’s Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
About ATAC
Textron Systems - ATAC provides tactical flight training and adversary aggressor services for U.S. Navy, Marine and Air Force pilots. ATAC operates simultaneously across eight sites and two continents and comprises the world’s largest outsourced civilian, tactical airborne training organization and proudly provides the highest quality live training to Squadrons, Air Wings, and Battle Groups.
Summary:
The Plans and Schedules/Ramco Administrator will perform Aircraft Logs and Records duties, RAMCO database functions, and associated tasks as part of a team, implementing and maintaining the ongoing requirements of the Aircraft Maintenance Program.
Job Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the accurate documentation of all Aircraft maintenance tasks in associated logs and records, monitors and updates Aircraft Flight Records, track and notify Maintenance Managers of aircraft component Life Limits, major inspections, and overhaul requirements throughout the life of the aircraft.
- Utilizes the RAMCO System and all supporting tools, content, and technologies, roles, users, security, internal system notifications and other instructional technology user accounts. Reviews the accuracy of documentation of RAMCO System support methods, procedures, and configuration.
- Troubleshoots routine RAMCO network problems. Evaluates and follows through on issues and problems until resolved or escalated. Reviews the accuracy of documentation of server support methods, procedures, and configuration.
- Training Material: Works with Logistics, Flight operations, Aircraft Maintenance, and Finance staff to provide help resources and training for users, how-to guides, and FAQs related to the usage of the learning of the RAMCO System.
- User & Technology Support: Establishes business relationships with both internal and external clients. Attend meetings, answer questions, and provides technical guidance and/or training to users to ensure the success of the RAMCO System and the tools used in conjunction with it.
- Documentation: Documents all project and task activity using the appropriate tools.
- Performs other duties as assigned