Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

For more than 70 years, Senior Metal Bellows has been pushing the limits of innovation—designing and building custom-engineered metal bellows for industries that demand the best: aerospace, defense, energy, and beyond.

We’re not just making parts—we’re making solutions no one else can. And we want you to be part of it.

Job Description

If you’re driven to solve complex supplier quality challenges and want your work to directly improve product performance, reliability, and delivery—this role puts you at the center of it.

As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you will lead the investigation, analysis, and resolution of supplier-related quality issues while strengthening supplier performance and driving continuous improvement across the supply chain.

What You’ll Own and Drive

• Lead validation, qualification, and change control activities through thorough documentation and technical review

• Ensure external production processes align with internal standards for consistency, traceability, and regulatory compliance

• Investigate and resolve shipment discrepancies, delivery delays, and supplier quality issues quickly and effectively

• Act as the key liaison between internal engineering/operations teams and external manufacturing partners to drive alignment on changes, escalations, and quality expectations

• Manage investigations into externally manufactured product issues, including deviations and change controls

• Confirm effectiveness and long-term sustainability of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)

• Ensure suppliers meet all internal quality standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements

How You’ll Make an Impact

Your work will directly:

• Improve supplier quality and product reliability

• Reduce defects, rework, and production disruptions

• Strengthen on-time delivery and supply chain performance

• Enhance regulatory compliance and audit readiness

• Drive continuous improvement across supplier operations

What You'll Do:

• Resolve supplier quality issues: Investigate, analyze, and drive timely resolution of supplier non-conformances using structured root cause and corrective action methods

• Ensure supplier compliance and performance: Conduct supplier audits, monitor KPIs, and ensure adherence to internal standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements

• Drive continuous improvement: Analyze defect trends, identify systemic issues, and lead initiatives that improve supplier quality, reliability, and operational efficiency

• Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate with engineering, operations, and quality teams to align on requirements, support supplier selection and qualification, and drive performance improvements

• Manage supplier relationships: Build strong partnerships with suppliers, fostering accountability, transparency, and shared quality goals

• Maintain documentation and reporting: Ensure accurate records of investigations, audits, and improvement activities; provide clear, actionable updates to stakeholders

• Mitigate risk and build capability: Identify supplier risks, implement mitigation strategies, and train suppliers on quality standards, processes, and best practices

Qualifications

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field (or equivalent combination of experience, training, and certifications)

• Experience working with AS9100 and/or ISO9001 - A Must Have!

• At least 5 years of hands-on manufacturing experience (aerospace strongly preferred)

• Strong understanding of quality management systems and quality control processes

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and strong problem-solving capability

• Ability to travel up to 60%

Additional Information

You’ll love our convenient location just off Route 95 in Sharon, MA, our close-knit team, and our long-standing reputation for quality and innovation. 

 Build Something Bigger With Us.

Annual Hiring Range: $93,000-$120,000. Final rate will be determined by relevant experience, skills, and

qualifications

Trade Compliance Statement Access to our facilities is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Persons (U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. Nationals, U.S. refugees, asylees, or temporary residents under amnesty provisions ), and to properly licensed foreign persons. Applicants receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to provide information to determine whether they are subject to these regulations and, if so, to assess their country of chargeability for export control purposes. Additionally, potential employee names will be screened against the Consolidated Screening List (maintained by the United States government) to determine eligibility to receive controlled technical data.

To ensure there is no unexpected delay to your start date with our Company and due to the potential need to obtain an export license, we would like to promptly assess whether such a license is needed to access our facility and/or systems. Such licenses can take several weeks/months to obtain from the U.S. Government. Our Trade Compliance department may reach out to you with a Licensing Assessment form, which we request you kindly complete and return as soon as possible.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. EOE M/F/D/V/VEVRAA Federal Contractor