Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Title – Supplier Quality Engineer Job Location – BristolJob ID – 38573About this opportunity and L3Harris UKOperating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris’ Bristol location is the Headquarters for our Maritime UK business – a leading global supplier of integrated marine control systems and simulation products for warships, submarines and high-end commercial marine vessels worldwide. Since its inception, L3Harris has continuously iterated upon our Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) technology and successfully exported and delivered the system to over 300 vessels across 27 navies worldwide. We have additional Maritime UK sites in Burgess Hill, Barrow-In-Furness and Portchester. Together, we are powering the Royal Navy’s adoption of autonomous surface vehicle technology as well as delivering autonomous capability to UK ports, harbours and offshore energy service providers. A few of our employee benefits are:Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days Private medical insurance with optional family coverPension scheme of up to 8% employer contributionLife Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x) Group income protectionFlexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car schemeEmployee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary) This role is a quality professional that makes a key contribution to onboarding and developing new suppliers, assessing supplier quality and ensuring products received are defect free. The Supplier Quality Engineer is the liaison between the supply chain management team and suppliers to investigate, analyse and resolve supplier quality issues by conducting audits, defect trend analysis and leading continuous improvement projects to increase the supplier capability to consistently meet Maritime UK requirements.What the role will involveThe responsibilities of your role will include the following:Supplier sourcing and developmentWork with engineering and supply chain to understand requirements and assess the supplier technical capability and roadmapPerform supplier audits for risks and capabilitiesSpecify supplier deliverable quality and compliance requirementsEnsure there is a specification matrixAlign product verification/test between supplier and L3H acceptance, test, commissioning and installation activitiesEnsure that design to cost is metEnsure product compliance to specificationIdentify issues and analyse trendsMonitor Supplier Initiated Non-Conformances (SINs) and Non-Conformances (NCs) to identify and resolve trendsEnsure quality alignment throughout the supplier organizationDrive Root Cause & Corrective Actions (RCCA) from technical Supplier Corrective Action Review (SCARs) and NCsReport trendsCreate and implement Return to Green plansActively participate in all technical reviews and gates including design reviews, readiness reviews, first article inspections and acceptance events ensuring compliance to specificationParticipate in the Quality Alert and containment processPerform onsite supplier assessmentsEnsure build & test processes are robust and repeatable with no variabilityEnsure the product can be produced in the most economic, efficient and effective mannerUtilise tools and techniques such as FMEAContinuous improvement mindsetWhat you’ll bring The role requires the following experience and skills:Degree in Mechanical, Electrical and/or Manufacturing Engineering combined with experience of product design and manufactureExtensive knowledge and practical application of ISO standards (ISO9001, ISO27001, ISO14001, ISO45001)Application of Quality (APQP, PPAP, FMEA) and Lean tools and techniquesImportant to knowDue to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks. #SrSpecQualityEngrg#LI-GP1