Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description Summary At Avio Aero, a GE Aerospace company, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world‑leading provider specializing in the design, production, and maintenance of components and propulsion systems for both civil and military aviation. Respect for people is core to our culture and part of our commitment to FLIGHTDECK, GE Aerospace’s proprietary lean operating model. We attract, develop, and retain industry‑leading talent and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential. For the people of Avio Aero, their work isn’t just a job, it’s their passion and purpose. We were meant to fly.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead the organization in resolving complex customer quality concerns related to supplier performance, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.
• Monitor and analyze customer scorecards, driving preventive actions to mitigate disruptions triggered by suppliers.
• Establish strategic partnerships with suppliers to anticipate volume evolution, adapt to changing quality requirements, and implement long‐term improvement plans.
• Provide advanced engineering support to supplier manufacturing processes, ensuring consistent application of quality techniques to resolve high‑impact issues related to capability, tolerancing, and materials.
• Lead supplier eligibility assessments, readiness reviews, and surveillance audits, ensuring robust early containment actions are applied.
• Drive APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) initiatives, including customer requirements flow‑down, FMEA, and leveraging lessons learned, ensuring PPAP approvals are conducted on‑site when required.
• Champion the use of Flight Deck tools across multidisciplinary teams, driving cultural and operational transformation.
• Develop and implement breakthrough process improvement strategies in collaboration with stakeholders, leveraging Flight Deck principles such as Hoshin Kanri to achieve significant productivity gains in product cost and service business.
• Act as a senior advisor and active leader in Hoshin Kanri initiatives and lean development with strategic/critical suppliers.
• Oversee resolution of complex shop issues related to supplied parts, ensuring rapid identification and containment of non‑compliances.
• Represent supplier quality in high‑level production planning meetings, providing actionable insights on constraints preventing product/process release.
• Lead cross‑functional problem‑solving events to address internal scraps and supplier escapes, ensuring root cause analysis, corrective actions, risk assessments, and standardization through lessons learned/FMEA.
• Make critical decisions to stop production in the event of uncontained supplied off‑spec parts, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
• Act as the gatekeeper for scrap assets, inventory control, and supplier‑related parts management.
• Lead advanced risk assessments (e.g., PFMEA, PQA) to ensure compliance with product, process, and system quality requirements.
• Identify and implement improvement parameters using advanced statistical methods to sustain manufacturing processes and prevent non‑conformities.
• Drive deployment of lessons learned through Yokoten, ensuring successful preventive actions are shared across the organization.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or High school technical Diploma with relevant experience in aerospace industry.
• Extensive experience in driving quality assurance and control within complex manufacturing environments, with a proven track record of leadership in supplier quality management.
• Advanced understanding of mechanical processes.
• Deep expertise in aerospace standards and customer‑specific requirements.
• Advanced knowledge of materials used in the aerospace industry.
• Certified auditor with significant experience in conducting audits and assessments.
• Expert‑level proficiency in GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
• Proven expertise in quality tools: PDCA/A3, Ishikawa diagram/3x5L Why, SIPOC/Process Flow Diagram/Process Flow Chart, Production Control Plan/FMEA, APQP/PPAP, SPC/Run Charts, MSA.
• Advanced knowledge of manufacturing processes: complex assembly, machining, electronic assembly, welding/brazing, sheet‑metal forming, heat treatment/thermal coating.
• Willingness to travel at least 50% of the time.
• Fluency in English and Italian.
• Work Visa in accordance with local regulation is required.
• Desired Characteristics:
• Familiarity with GE Quality Systems and Tools: eCAV, eNMS, SPS (or equivalent customer tools).
• Proficiency in GE Avio Aero IT Tools: APICE, SAP, Quarta EVO.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, persuade, motivate, and energize others at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Passionate, personable, self‑confident, and adaptable to complex situations.
• Proven ability to establish trust, fairness, and honesty in relationships, building a strong personal power base.
• Skilled at establishing and maintaining productive relationships and networks to facilitate high‑level business transactions.
• Exceptional ability to manage time and prioritize multiple competing tasks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Advanced problem‑solving skills, including the ability to develop innovative solutions, act decisively, and demonstrate sound judgment.
• Strong logical and methodical thinking capabilities.
• Proven track record of maintaining focus on short‑ and long‑term goals, with a strong sense of urgency and persistence to achieve results.

Benefits

Smart working and work‑life balance. Avio Aero promotes smart work in hybrid mode and encourages a healthy and satisfying work‑life balance. We value our employees’ wellbeing and offer a variety of improvement programs aimed to preserve psychological safety and daily needs.

• Performance related bonuses and local bonus scheme.
• Flexible benefits platform.
• Life and injury insurance.
• Private medical cover.
• Employee assistant program.
• Employee special awards (service and recognition).
• Local special agreements and discounts.
• English and language training for you and one member of your family.
• Technical, Leadership and development trainings.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Avio Aero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are strongly committed to maintain an inclusive and diverse environment. Every employment decision is taken regardless to national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, etc.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No.