Date Posted:
2026-08-20Country:
GermanyLocation:
DE-NW-RATINGEN-115 ~ Kaiserwerther Strasse 115 ~ QUATTRIUMPosition Role Type:
UnspecifiedAbout Collins Aerospace
At Collins Aerospace, we work closely with our customers to solve some of the most challenging issues in the aerospace and defense industries. We combine creativity with a broad range of products, capabilities, and expertise, always with a strong focus on our customers. By developing smart solutions and using the latest technologies and innovations, we help our customers meet the needs of a rapidly changing global market.
At Kidde Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH, based in Ratingen near Düsseldorf, our mission as part of Collins Aerospace is to protect lives through innovative fire protection and fire suppression systems. We develop and manufacture automatic smoke detectors, fire warning systems, and fire suppression systems for a wide range of military and civil vehicles.
As experts and innovators in this field, we continuously develop our products and capabilities to meet changing market requirements and support future growth.
Contribute to Collins Customer and Quality Excellence by ensuring supplier compliance and quality performance! In this role you will work with a high degree of autonomy to strengthen our supply base through structured approval and performance-monitoring activities, while fostering collaborative problem solving in close cooperation with our Inspection, Engineering and Procurement teams.
This role supports Kidde-Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH and is located in Ratingen or Heidelberg.
Responsibilities:
- Primary interface between site quality/operations teams and the central supplier quality organization
- Support Site Operations, Quality Clinics, Program Management and Tier meetings for business units
- Represent supplier quality in site and Corrective Action Board (CAB) Reviews
- Risk management to site through Waivers (QMS/NADCAP), Risk Release Approvals and Containment activity
- Conducts supplier approval and surveillance activities
- Verifies that suppliers meet applicable quality requirements from RTX, Collins, customers and regulatory standards for products, processes and systems
- Internal and external coordination in case of quality deviations and non-conformities, and drive RCCA and problem resolution
- Manages supplier performance metrics and lead supplier improvement activities
- Project management of supplier-relevant quality assurance activities
- Review and release supplier quality documents and reports
- Support NPI and supplier work-transfer activities
- Support internal and external audits
- Support Continuous Improvement initiatives (CORE)
Qualifications:
- Bachelor´s or Master´s degree in an advanced technical discipline or several years of equivalent professional experience, ideally in the defense sector
- Qualified external ISO9001 and EN 9100 lead auditor
- Good knowledge of common quality tools e.g. 8D, FMEA, APQP, Risk Mgt, FAI, RCCA
- Very good (business fluent) written and spoken English and German skills
- Excellent communication skills with a high degree of persuasiveness, assertiveness, and persistence
- Independent and goal-oriented way of working in an international environment
- Willingness to travel (about 50%)
- Flexibility and ability to work in a team
What We Offer You:
Secial payments & leave days
Corporate & seasonal benefits
Work-life balance
Flexible working hours
30 days of paid vacation
Canteen subsidy
Job bike
Corporate fitness membership (FitX)
Global career opportunities
Employee scholar program
English language trainings
Internal and external trainings
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Who We Are
At RTX, we're a diverse team of explorers united in our goal to push the boundaries of known science – and solve the world's most complex problems. We design. We engineer. We code. We research. We patent. We test. We learn. We iterate. We manufacture. We produce. We are advancing aviation, building smarter defense systems and creating innovations to take us deeper into space. Progress is not inevitable. It is initiated – by tirelessly asking the hard questions and finding answers. Progress defines the future and defines us – because the progress we make matters.
Diversity
RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold innovation – and that, in turn, requires a culture that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.
We embrace individuality and diversity of thought to fuel opportunity for our employees, our customers and our communities. We work toward progress, knowing that a more inclusive world is critical to our mission. Not just in this moment, but always.
To build a diverse and harmonious team, we are guided by key pillars of action that we are committed to achieving. These include:
Workforce Diversity: We are connected to communities around the world. Being a good neighbor means investing our resources to help everyone thrive. Additionally, we have found that providing employees with opportunities to volunteer helps promote leadership development and reduces attrition.
Community Engagement: We are connected to communities around the world. Being a good neighbor means investing our resources to help everyone thrive. Additionally, we have found that providing employees with opportunities to volunteer helps promote leadership development and reduces attrition.
Supplier Diversity: We support local economic growth by creating high value jobs through our operations and helping our suppliers do the same. This includes small and diverse businesses, which are often the economic growth engine of communities.
Public Policy: We advocate for issues that matter to our company and stakeholders, and we use our company's size and scale to advance equity in education, encourage social justice reform and elevate economic policies that support equality.
Commitment to Military
At RTX, we know and value the strategic and tactical talents that only veterans and military spouses can offer. We are dedicated to hiring US Military Veterans and their spouses – whether you’re a veteran, a reserve member, military spouse or transitioning from active duty to a civilian career. Our military veterans work across all disciplines. They lead our business, engineer our products and manage our supply chain.
As part of a tight-knit team that values your determination and resourcefulness, you'll do work that has an enormous impact on customers across the globe. We offer an array of programs to help you transition to your civilian career, connect with colleagues and give back to your community. The skills you developed during your military career have served you well – and they're just as valuable now. If you're ready to help us create trusted, innovative solutions for a safer, more connected world, join our talent community and an RTX representative will contact you if they have a matching job opportunity. This is the moment your next mission begins. To assist you in joining our team, we have developed a hiring guide specifically for veterans and military spouses.
Our benefits are uniquely designed to support veterans and military spouses. They encompass health and wellness plans, retirement savings, income and asset protection, work-life balance with flexible arrangements and paid time off (PTO), relocation assistance, and tuition support.
Internships and Leadership Development Programs
Our internship and co-op programs provide an experiential learning opportunity as you work on complex challenges and projects. Bonus: Many positions offer the potential opportunity to convert to full-time employment upon graduation.
Our Leadership Development Program (LDP) provides an exceptional foundation for you to forge valuable relationships and gain multiple pathways to leadership. As a future leader, you'll play a vital role in helping RTX redefine aerospace and defense. Participants can apply to one of multiple functional disciplines listed below:
- Global Communications
- Contracts
- Digital
- Engineering
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Operations and Supply Chain