Senior Supplier Development Engineer

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Job Title:

Senior Supplier Development Engineer

Reporting To:

Supplier Quality & Development Engineering Manager

Work Schedule:

Onsite – Torrance, CA

Moog’s Military Aircraft Group has an immediate opening for a Senior Supplier Development Engineer.

• Primary scope: supplier maturity, capability gaps, launch readiness, and structured risk reduction.

• Decision posture: coordinates and drives the plan, while aligning technical and business decisions with stakeholders.

Reporting to our Supplier Quality & Development Manager. This on-site position is based in Torrance, CA (Los Angeles area) and offers a 9/80 work schedule.

To be considered for the role, here’s what you’ll need to bring with you:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (manufacturing, supply chain, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience)

• 7 or more years’ experience of manufacturing engineering or Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineering

• Experience with supplier development, APQP, industrialization, manufacturing readiness, or operations improvement

• Ability to assess process maturity, capability evidence, and supplier execution risk

• Strong project-management discipline with clear action tracking and follow-up

• Clear communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders on risk, expectations, and closure plans

• 20% to 35% travel, depending on supplier-development and readiness-assessment demand.

As a Senior Supplier Development Engineer, you will:

• Improve supplier capability, capacity, readiness, and execution before issues become chronic escapes by leading structured supplier-development plans and readiness assessments, including supply-chain implementation for new product introduction and work transfer.

• Lead supplier capability, capacity, readiness, and risk assessments for assigned suppliers or programs.

• Build and track supplier development plans with specific owners, milestones, and closure evidence.

• Support supplier onboarding, segmentation, capability assessment, and readiness review activities.

• Coordinate program, sourcing, manufacturing, and quality inputs when supplier maturity is below expectation.

• Drive clear issue definition and action ownership so development work does not fragment across teams.

• Focuses on the following commodities: Electro-Mechanical Assemblies, Electronics, Supplier Owned IPs, and Some machining knowledge required.

NPI Implementation in Supply Chain

• Drive supplier-development plans for NPI, new supplier onboarding, and work transfers with clear readiness gates, owners, and recovery milestones.

• Coordinate capacity, capability, industrialization, and business-readiness actions needed to launch new parts into the supply base without fragmented ownership.

• Maintain visibility to open NPI supplier risks and ensure they are integrated into the dashboard and weekly operating cadence.

Measurable KPIs

• Supplier development plan milestones closed by due date >= 90%.

• Capability / readiness assessments completed to plan >= 95%.

• Assigned high-risk supplier actions moved from open to verified closure within target >= 90%.

• APQP / launch-readiness deliverables completed on time for owned scope >= 95%.

• Unowned supplier-development actions on assigned portfolio maintained at zero.

How we care for you: 

• Financial Rewards: great compensation package, bonus opportunities, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts

• Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance

• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages

• Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development, and other personal growth programs

• Culture: Warm, respectful, family-like environment driven by our 12 core values. M