Supplier Quality Engineer

Posted Friday, February 20, 2026 at 5:00 AM

At Precision Products, we are always looking for a better way. Whether we are helping keep our troops safe or pioneering safer ways to fly the globe, we approach every challenge with an innovation mindset. We consider our people to be the key to our success and are looking for candidates who share our core values of Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Creativity and Honor (REACH).

We are currently seeking a talented Supplier Quality Engineer at our Middletown, CT facility. This role is fully onsite. The SQE ensures suppliers meet contractual/regulatory and internal quality standards for parts and materials. They will need to have experience performing audits, analyzing supplier processes and products, conducting root‑cause analysis for issues with parts, driving corrective actions, and rejecting or stopping parts that arrive with defects.

They must be able to conduct supplier qualification, performance monitoring, development, and document first‑article inspections. They qualify and evaluate new suppliers, monitor performance, conduct audits of supplier facilities and processes to ensure compliance with ISO/AS9100 quality standards and contractual requirements, and investigate and analyze supplier defects.

The SQE works under the general direction of the Manager, Program and Supplier Quality Assurance with minimum supervision performing supplier source inspections, first‑article inspections, supplier surveys and audits, assuring supplier corrective action where required. The SQE interfaces with procurement and other personnel within the procurement organization.

• Maintain the supplier rating system, which will define the total cost of ownership of products procured from suppliers.
• Implement and maintain a supplier approval system that will, in a cost‑effective manner, qualify suppliers to do business with the company and meet varied purchase order requirements.
• Evaluate lean initiatives at supplier facilities and assist in implementing lean as necessary.
• Assure the means for procurement to issue purchase orders to qualified/approved suppliers and ensure all requirements are included in the purchase orders.
• Manage the supplier corrective action system to identify and correct supplier problems in a timely manner.
• Coordinate Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Reviews and manage Supplier Request for Variance (when applicable).
• Conduct capability assessments that verify supplier qualifications, travel to assigned suppliers, and lead multiple projects to completion.
• Act as the primary interface between the company and suppliers in resolving technical problems and performing source control inspections.
• Coordinate with functional departments and ensure that problems are resolved in a timely manner.
• Aid in determining the responsibility of discrepant hardware already received by the company and issued to the shop or shipped to customers.
• Establish and maintain effective communications with other operating departments and suppliers to facilitate problem identification, resolution, and compliance with various specification requirements for supplier control.
• Prepare and maintain reports such as supplier performance, survey results, specification compliance, corrective actions, etc.
• Conduct audits and analyze defect trends.
• Monitor supplier performance and response times to ensure production continuity.
• Develop and implement supplier quality‑related training programs for the quality and sourcing teams.
• Interface with cell managers to assure all applicable inspections/tests are performed and that only acceptable hardware is received by the company.
• Collect and analyze supplier quality and delivery data.
• Develop and implement cost‑effective intervention plans to improve quality and on‑time delivery ratings.
• Maintain a list of approved suppliers.
• Monitor suppliers for continuous improvements.
• Travel for supplier visits as required.

• Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as electrical, mechanical, or industrial engineering.
• BS degree in a related engineering field.
• Thorough understanding of ISO 9000 regulations and certification processes.
• Fully onsite.
• 5+ years’ work experience in Supplier Quality and Aerospace.
• Detail‑oriented, good communication skills, critical thinking, methodical, and organized.

Kaman is an equal‑opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected characteristics protected by law. Kaman and all its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all.

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