Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

The Leidos Mission Assurance organization is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (Sr. SQE) to support the Defense/Land/Aerospace Sector. This position offers the opportunity to join a diverse team dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to complex challenges across defense, aerospace, cyber, space, and commercial markets. With operations throughout the United States, Leidos provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific, and information technology solutions to government and commercial customers. The Sr. SQE will support multiple programs, projects, product lines, and suppliers across the Defense/Land/Aerospace portfolio. This role requires the ability to balance competing priorities while ensuring supplier quality performance, compliance, risk management, and continuous improvement across development, production, and sustainment efforts. Primary Responsibilities. Lead supplier quality activities across multiple concurrent programs and projects, ensuring compliance with program requirements, schedules, contractual obligations, and customer expectations. Prioritize and coordinate supplier quality initiatives across a diverse portfolio supporting both development and production environments. Provide cross-program visibility into supplier performance, quality risks, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives to program leadership and key stakeholders. Apply lessons learned, supplier performance data, and industry best practices across programs to improve supplier quality and prevent recurring issues. Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills while serving as a liaison between suppliers, customers, government representatives, and internal stakeholders. Interface directly with suppliers and perform supplier quality engineering functions supporting aerospace and defense manufacturing operations. Collaborate closely with Procurement, Program Managers, Supplier Program Managers, Program Quality Engineers, Business Area Quality Managers, and Receiving Inspection personnel to resolve supplier quality issues. Conduct on-site supplier audits, assessments, capability evaluations, and readiness reviews. Perform detailed investigations and root cause analyses of supplier quality issues, identify risks, facilitate containment actions, and drive effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). Develop and maintain supplier performance metrics, including nonconforming material trends, defect rates, supplier corrective action responsiveness, and quality improvement initiatives. Participate in supplier selection, qualification, and ongoing oversight activities to ensure appropriate quality requirements, Q-note clauses, Statements of Work (SOW), and contractual obligations are effectively flowed down and implemented. Review supplier manufacturing processes and collaborate with suppliers to improve process capability, efficiency, quality performance, and value creation. Coordinate with Supply Chain and Program teams to monitor and communicate supplier quality performance through detailed reporting and data-driven analysis. Review supplier inspection and test documentation, including First Article Inspections (FAIs), source inspection records, material certifications, and test reports.  Monitor industry and supply chain developments that may impact product quality, availability, or supplier performance and communicate potential impacts to stakeholders.  Partner with other Supplier Quality Engineers and cross-functional teams to develop organizational knowledge, standardize processes, and share best practices across programs. Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to evaluate supplier process capabilities and identify opportunities to strengthen and diversify the supply base. Support Supplier Quality Analysts in supplier qualification activities, GIDEP evaluations, and other technical assessments. Perform additional quality assurance and supplier quality responsibilities as