SPECIAL PROCESS SOURCING – ENGINEER

Closing on: Dec 31, 2026

Job Id: SPS_E_2026

Position: Engineer

Designation: 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

• Engineer: minimum 3 years of sourcing / purchase experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in an aerospace, defence or space industry supply chain is mandatory; AS9100 certified organisation 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
• 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).