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Supplier Quality Engineer

Actalent
San Fernando, CA Other
POSTED ON 9/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/27/2025

Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer


Job Description

As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality of systems components by performing source inspections at suppliers' sites. You will lead quality reviews with suppliers and request detailed corrective actions for repetitive issues. This position involves evaluating overall supplier performance and initiating corrective actions as needed. You will provide visibility on open actions and follow-up presentations to management using PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

  • Perform source inspections at suppliers to evaluate the quality of systems components.
  • Lead quality reviews with suppliers to ensure adherence to standards.
  • Request detailed corrective actions from suppliers for repetitive issues.
  • Evaluate overall supplier performance and initiate corrective actions requests.
  • Provide visibility on open actions and follow-ups through PowerPoint presentations to management.

Essential Skills

  • Experience in supplier quality management.
  • Experience in the Aerospace industry, either OEM or systems supplier.
  • Proficiency in root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • Strong skills in quality assurance and quality engineering.
  • Familiarity with PPAP, Six Sigma, and corrective action plans.
  • Strong investigation and analysis skills.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technical degree in Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in supplier quality and/or quality assurance.
  • Strong leadership, problem-solving, flexibility, and project management skills.
  • Experience intervening with suppliers.
  • Excellent communication skills in English; French is an asset.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Flexibility and availability to travel locally and internationally, sometimes on short notice.

Work Environment

You will join a fast-growing company in the STEM field, offering competitive pay, incremental vacation, benefits, and other perks. In this role, you will be part of a special task force to bring critical suppliers back to expected standards, acting as a direct point of contact. The Supplier Quality Management team is working with a list of over 20 critical suppliers, forming a special intervention team of up to 30 SQMs to identify gaps and support suppliers in their corrective action plans. The role involves travel, as you'll be assigned to support various suppliers. A 'buddy system' is in place to assist with onboarding and ensure maximum supplier coverage, with teams split across five leaders in Montreal and Toronto.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $70.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in San Fernando,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 11, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

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