Closing on: Dec 31, 2026

Job Id: SPS_SE_2026

Position: Senior Engineer

Designation: Senior Engineer

Department: Sourcing Sourcing – Sourcing & Procurement

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Location: Bangalore

Posted on: 01-10-2026

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Minimum: Diploma in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics Engineering
Preferred: B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics Engineering (Metallurgy or Materials background is an added advantage for this role)

Experience

Senior Engineer: minimum 6 years of sourcing / purchase experience in a manufacturing environment and purchase, with direct ownership of special-process buying.
Experience in an aerospace, defense or space industry supply chain is mandatory; AS9100 certified organization preferred.
Demonstrated hands-on exposure to job-work / subcontract processing and to specification-driven surface and heat treatment.

Specialist Technical Requirements – Special Processes

Process Knowledge

Electroplating and metallic coatings

Surface treatment

Heat treatment

Painting and coating

Allied special processes

Understanding of process effects on the part

Processor Identification, Qualification and Control
Price Estimation and Negotiation

Key Responsibilities

Float RFQs to approved processors, obtain quotations, prepare comparison statements and recommend the source.
SAP with the complete specification flow-down.
Expedite processors to meet the committed turnaround; maintain the open job-work and open-order reports and flag delays to Planning and Production.
Compute treated surface area and prepare basic cost estimates under the guidance of the Senior Engineer.
Verify that all process, test and bake certificates are received, complete and correct, and hand over to Quality and Stores.
Maintain processor master data, approval validity records, rate cards and price history in SAP and the commodity database.
Source prototype and first-article processing for NPD / APQP projects as per project timelines
Keep purchasing and processor approval records audit-ready at all times.

General Requirements

Materials and drawing knowledge
Negotiation and commercial skills
Source identification and vendor development
SAP skills
AS9100 requirements
Global supplier management
Behavioral

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Project award
Cost savings
Approval validity
Documentation
Source de-risking
NPD sourcing
Audit compliance
Data base management for materials cost

INTERFACES

Internal: Engineering and NPD, Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Production, Production Planning and Control, Stores and Logistics, Programme Management, Finance and Accounts.

External: Plating, anodising, heat treatment, painting and NDT processors; NADCAP-accredited and customer-approved special-process sources; transporters; customers (for approved process source lists and process deviations).

SPECIAL PROCESS SOURCING SENIOR ENGINEER