Supplier Quality Engineer

As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will play a key role in the Quality Assurance and Sourcing organizations to ensure both customer and company quality requirements are met. You will travel to the various companies in the supply chain for tasks such as wellness checks, training, surveillance, troubleshooting, etc. Travel is approximately 30% and is mostly local (within a two-hour radius).
Location: Bethlehem, PA
We Take Care of Our People

Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I I

Your Challenge

• Develop and evaluate supplier performance metrics to facilitate supplier improvement.
• Perform capability and capacity assessments of potential suppliers
• Lead joint technical reviews of complex purchases following purchase order award
• Improve current suppliers' delivery, reliability, and consistency of supply performance
• Identify improvement opportunities in the manufacturing & design processes for new/revised product designs
• Perform management system and process audits at suppliers.
• Establish and maintain relations with suppliers, inspectors, auditors, and customers
• Assist other departments as necessary in establishing standards relative to ensuring product quality.
• Must be willing to travel locally and out of state.

What You Bring

• BS Engineering (preferred) or equivalent
• Strong attention to details
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in Manufacturing environment
• Fundamental knowledge of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
• Ability to read and understand blueprints/mechanical drawings
• Understanding of geometric tolerance
• Quality Assurance
• Planning and implementing supplier oversight programs
• Regulated Industries (e.g., military, nuclear power, aerospace)
• Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt / Master Black Belt certifications
• Auditor certification

Who We Are



Curtiss-Wright Engineered Pump Division (EPD) and its predecessor companies have been providing naval and maritime technological expertise since 1847. EPD's pumps go to the heart of the systems that enable the Navy's ships and submarines to protect our nation. Today, EPD is the leading supplier of mission-critical pumps for the U.S. Navy's Ford & Nimitz Class aircraft carriers and Virginia Class submarines, as well as the Navy's next generation Columbia Class submarine. EPD also supports the entire naval fleet with various innovative pumping solutions such as composite pumps and parts, and provides complete overhaul, upgrade and field service capabilities.