Senior Supplier Development Engineer – Manufacturing Readiness

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120k - $150k / year

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ACT1 Federal

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1998

🎖️ Defense

🚀 Aerospace

🏛️ Government

Defense • Aerospace • Government

ACT1 Federal is a 100% employee-owned (ESOP) national-security-focused government services company based in Arlington, Virginia. ACT1 provides integrated program management and technical support to the U. S. Government and international partners across the full program lifecycle — from requirements development and acquisition strategy to execution, sustainment, and modernization. Its stated core capabilities include engineering & logistics, space-domain expertise, global defense & security, military training & education, financial management, and arctic security; the company emphasizes managing cost, schedule, performance, and risk for complex, multi-stakeholder defense programs (including support to programs such as the F-35 Joint Program Office and naval aviation organizations). ACT1 highlights 27+ years of experience, global reach, and a workforce of national security experts.

📋 Description

• Conduct hands-on manufacturing assessments for Department of the Navy production-acceleration initiatives across the defense industrial base • Assess suppliers’ production rates, quality, delivery, cost, and readiness objectives • Evaluate manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, labor, maintenance, material flow, inspection, testing, and lower-tier dependencies • Analyze capacity, cycle times, changeovers, equipment availability, scrap, rework, first-pass yield, work in process, process capability, and schedule adherence • Identify binding constraints and validate capacity assumptions through production observation, data analysis, and authorized run-at-rate or capacity-demonstration activities • Deploy to critical suppliers facing production, quality, delivery, launch, or capacity challenges • Develop recovery plans with root causes, corrective actions, owners, resources, dependencies, milestones, escalation paths, and completion evidence • Establish recovery reviews with supplier, prime-contractor, and Government stakeholders • Support approved supplier actions and verify effectiveness against agreed measures • Identify structural issues requiring engineering decisions, capital investment, alternate sourcing, qualification, technical data, workforce development, or Government action • Assess readiness for new-product introductions, production transfers, additional shifts, equipment installations, facility expansions, and major production-rate increases • Apply APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, and structured problem solving as appropriate • Support readiness gates covering tooling, equipment, workforce, material, process controls, inspection, testing, qualification, and production documentation • Develop improvement alternatives involving process changes, standardized work, error proofing, tooling, maintenance, overtime, shifts, alternate sourcing, and capital equipment • Compare implementation time, cost, risk, and expected production benefit with cost and investment analysts • Track improvements through completion, installation, qualification, demonstrated capacity, and sustained delivery benefit • Coordinate authorized activities with Government program offices, prime contractors, suppliers, engineering, procurement, and quality teams • Identify lower-tier and long-lead dependencies and coordinate findings with the TASC supply-chain lead • Prepare supplier assessments, recovery plans, capacity analyses, risk registers, site-visit reports, executive briefings, recommendations, and TASC execution records • Communicate findings to technical specialists and senior leaders • Perform frequent domestic travel to supplier sites and Government meetings

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial, manufacturing, mechanical, systems, or another relevant engineering discipline; an equivalent combination of technical education and substantial hands-on manufacturing experience may be considered where permitted by the applicable contract and Government requirements • At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing engineering, supplier development, supplier quality, industrialization, production launch, or manufacturing operations • Demonstrated responsibility for successful supplier recovery, new-program launch, production transfer, or production-rate increase • Significant experience diagnosing and resolving problems directly on the production floor • Experience evaluating supplier performance across multiple manufacturing processes or commodities • Strong working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, 8D, Lean manufacturing, standardized work, and error proofing • Demonstrated understanding of capacity, tooling, equipment, labor requirements, process capability, material flow, and production dependencies • Experience developing recovery plans with measurable milestones and verifying sustained results • Ability to interpret production, quality, schedule, and material data and document assumptions and limitations • Strong technical writing, executive communication, and stakeholder-coordination skills • Ability to work independently, manage concurrent priorities, and travel extensively • U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance required • Current Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship, subject to verification • Preferred: significant automotive OEM or Tier 1/Tier 2 supplier-development, launch, or manufacturing experience • Preferred: fifteen or more years of relevant experience • Preferred: aerospace, defense, missile, propulsion, or other regulated manufacturing experience • Preferred: experience with precision machining, castings, forgings, stamping, metal forming, welding, joining, heat treatment, injection molding, composites, electronics, printed circuit assemblies, electrical harnesses, motors, actuators, electromechanical assemblies, tooling, capital equipment, and complex mechanical assemblies • Preferred: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Supplier Quality Professional, or comparable credential • Preferred: experience translating commercial manufacturing practices into defense program requirements

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance • ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) • Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance • Company Paid Short-Term Disability • Voluntary Long-Term Disability • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) • Health Savings Account (HSA) • 401K with employer match • Paid Time Off • Paid Holidays • Parental Leave • Military Leave • Education, Training & Professional Development • Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care • Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection • Periodically work from an ACT1 Federal or client site facility for remote or hybrid positions

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