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Supplier Quality Engineer
Job Description
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, Manufacturing)
- 5+ years of experience in supplier engineering, manufacturing engineering, or quality engineering
- Experience in precision cleaning, metal fabrication, surface treatment, and/or vacuum technology
- Hands-on experience in process development, manufacturing engineering, and FA related to contamination, material issues, and supplier quality
- Solid understanding and working knowledge of GD&T, SPC, DOE, FMEA, FA, RCCA, 8D, and 5-Whys problem solving
- Proven ability to handle critical quality escalations with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills with experience leading cross-functional project management
- Ability to travel to supplier sites for audits and assessments
- Experience in semiconductors, automotive, aerospace, or related hardware industries
- Knowledge in Six Sigma (DMAIC approach), SPC tools, and usage of Minitab, JMP
- Demonstrated experience managing suppliers and identifying technical and operational supply chain risks
Responsibilities:
- Serve as supply chain SPOC responsible for project managing supplier quality, process development, and FA across multiple commodities including surface treatment, fabrication, vacuum systems, pneumatics, COTS, and OEM components
- Travel to supplier manufacturing locations to conduct effective audits, assessments, and investigations, and ensure suppliers' manufacturing processes produce reliable products in a repeatable manner
- Act as technical liaison between suppliers, product groups, product development, and customer teams to ensure speed and fast issue resolution
- Design and execute experiments, review data, develop conclusions, and implement industry standard process control techniques such as Six Sigma
- Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) feedback to optimize supplier manufacturing processes and reduce quality, cost, and delivery issues