Senior Quality Engineer (Design Control)

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 FLIGHT DECK, 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. As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring supplier deliveries consistently meet all customer quality and regulatory requirements. The role also involves collaborating with sourcing and product engineering teams to conduct preventive assessments of design-to-manufacturing processes, ensuring that quality systems are adaptable and responsive to evolving demands.
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
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
Act as a senior advisor and active leader in Hoshin Kanri initiatives and lean development with strategic/critical suppliers
Lead strategic management of Supplier Quality KPIs through advanced standard work practices
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
Lead advanced risk assessments (e.g., PFMEA, PQA) to ensure compliance with product, process, and system quality requirements
Drive deployment of lessons learned through Yokoten, ensuring successful preventive actions are shared across the organization

Master's Degree in Engineering
Extensive experience in driving quality assurance and control within complex manufacturing environments, with a proven track record of leadership in supplier quality management
Advanced knowledge of materials used in the aerospace industry
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
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

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
Skilled at establishing and maintaining productive relationships and networks to facilitate high-level business transactions
Proven track record of maintaining focus on short- and long-term goals, with a strong sense of urgency and persistence to achieve results

Smart working and work life-balance
Avio Aero, when possible, promotes smart work in hybrid mode, and encourages a good, healthy and satisfying work-life balance. Flexible benefits platform

• Private medical cover
• English and languages training for you and one member of your family
• Relocation Assistance Provided: No