Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (Manufacturing Quality) - Asia

## About us At Viasat, the work you do helps people stay connected in ways that matter, from everyday moments to critical missions across air, land, sea, and space. We’re a place for people who are curious, bold, and motivated by meaningful work. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact, explore new possibilities, and grow your career in ways that align with your interests and goals.

When you're ready to take on something new, you'll find leaders who support your development and help you turn your ambition into action. ## What you'll do As a 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.

Using your collaborative spirit you will work with the Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, NPI and Design Engineering organizations to evaluate, develop and improve processes for new and existing suppliers. Your attention to detail will ensure Viasat standards are maintained and internal/external audits drive significant change.

Your drive for continual process improvement will ensure impactful Supplier Quality practices. ## The day-to-day - Audit suppliers across the Asian region using commodity and quality systems expertise to both onboard new suppliers and provide surveillance to mitigate potential issues. - Develop poorly performing suppliers by employing best practice methodologies and/or facilitating improvement of AS9100 processes and systems. - Technical competence to cover multiple commodity audit and support needs including electronics, metals and plastics manufacturing, assembly and test and cables and harnesses. - Drive metric improvement of team practices around onboarding, surveillance, SCAR closure and impact, aftermarket field performance and core supplier performance. - 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. - Support first article inspection reviews up to a AS9102 requirement to include - Formally or informally train and mentor quality engineers in auditing practices, commodity standard methodologies and supplier quality processes to develop the next generation of SQEs. - Support process, data and metric standardization improvements across Viasat. ## What you'll need - 5+ years of experience in a Supplier Quality Role - 7+ years of experience in quality engineering or continuous improvement roles - Knowledge of theory and principles of statistics and statistical process control - Ability to interpret engineering drawings, read procedures and process guidelines, record and interpret data - Previous experience with ISO-9001/AS-9100 Standards or similar - Must display autonomy (ability to work independently with minimal supervision) - Engineering Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience - Up to approximately 40% travel domestic and international ## What will help you on the job - 5+ years of demonstrated experience across multiple commodities including Fabricated Metals or Plastics, Electronics manufacturing (PCB and PCBA expertise), Box Build assembly and test, Optics, Lasers or Cable and Connectors experience. - Experience in a role related to space flight hardware and/or aerospace quality system requirements - Lean Six Sigma (with belt certification). - Working knowledge of PLM Tool (such as Agile) as well as ERP system (such as Oracle) - Proven understanding of Lean Six Sigma tools (visual controls, gemba, Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA), 8D, A3, 5 Why, Cause and Effect, Fault Tree Analysis, etc.) and other failure analysis quality tools - Application of statistical process control (SPC) ## EEO Statement 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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