Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

About usOne team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team. What you'll doAs a vital member of our Corporate Quality Team, you will drive supplier improvements and establish key partnerships. Your analytical and communication skills will be key as you resolve Supplier issues and drive commodity strategy and improvement. Utilizing your collaborative spirit you will work with the Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, NPI and Design Engineering organizations to develop and improve processes for new Suppliers and evaluate existing suppliers. Your attention to detail will ensure Viasat standards are maintained and internal/external audits drive meaningful change. Your drive for continual process improvement will ensure world class Supplier Quality practices. The day-to-dayAudit suppliers using commodity and quality systems expertise to both onboard new suppliers and provide surveillance to mitigate potential issues.

Develop poorly performing suppliers by employing commodity standard methodologies, robust root cause corrective action, metrics/monitoring and/or facilitating improvement of AS9100 processes and systems.

Lead company-wide quality initiatives to improve, standardize or create needed processes or systems.

Facilitate supplier ownership of quality and build solid partnerships enabling more transparent working relationship and blame free issue resolution or improvement.

Build relationships across supply base, supply chain, strategic sourcing and commodity subject matter experts to leverage the right team to drive strategy or tactical projects.

Communicate orally, written and in presentations to all levels of the organization establishing trust and team building to facilitate needed project, supplier or issue support to include solid, data and experience back solutions recommendations.

Senior/Staff level commodity technical consultant and Domain Expert with experience to include areas like Fabricated Metal (machining, sheet metal, casting, etc), Fabricated Plastics/Polymers (molding, composite manufacturing, thermal plastics), PCB/PCBA, Antennas, Radiofrequency products and/or Cables and Connectors.

Ability to translate and drive requirements from higher standard industries like space, commercial aviation, governmentDrive metric improvement of supplier quality practices around onboarding, surveillance, SCAR closure and impact, aftermarket field performance and core supplier performance.

Co-lead with strategic sourcing a commodity council with supply chain and operations to develop and drive solid commodity strategies, innovation, capability assessment, risk assessment and facilitate escalations.

Establish supplier partnerships with core suppliers to drive improved quality and reduced costs with the expectation suppliers will have active ownership and reporting of their quality.

Formally or informally train and mentor quality engineers in auditing ...For full information see follow application link. Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.

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