Supplier Quality Engineer

Position Overview:

The Supplier Quality Engineer ensures that purchased materials, components, and assemblies consistently meet the company’s quality and performance standards. This role works closely with suppliers and internal teams to improve supplier capabilities and resolve supplier-related issues. This role is expected to bring the know-how and tools that have been proven to work and a hands-on approach to developing robust supplier processes and long-term performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform on-site audits to evaluate potential or existing suppliers and provide approval recommendations to the Supplier Quality Manager and Procurement teams. Assess their quality system maturity, and validate the supplier’s manufacturing capabilities, and their ability to comply with company and industry standards.

• Support supplier onboarding of new suppliers by ensuring clear communication of specifications, drawings, inspection requirements, and quality performance expectations.

• Monitor and analyze supplier nonconformance data, identifying trends, recurring defects, and opportunities to reduce the cost of poor quality. Facilitate supplier review meetings covering performance scorecards, risks, and improvement plans.

• Evaluate supplier nonconformances identified during receiving inspection or assembly operations and implement timely containment and disposition actions. Drive thorough root cause analysis and verify the implementation and effectiveness of corrective actions.

• Escalate critical supplier risks, including repeated quality issues, lack of improvement, or signs of deteriorating supplier performance.

• Act as the primary liaison between suppliers and internal engineering and quality teams, ensuring clear communication of requirements to suppliers. Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Procurement to address design-for-manufacturability topics, clarify specifications, and resolve technical issues that impact supplier performance.

• Review and disposition first article inspection reports for new suppliers or for first-time builds with existing suppliers, verifying conformance to drawings, tolerances, performance criteria, and documentation standards.

• Ensure process documentation, measurement systems, and control plans are in place for critical suppliers and effective throughout supplier manufacturing operation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

• 3 - 7 years of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or quality engineering.

• Knowledge or Experience in metal fabrication, welding, pressure testing, mechanical testing, electrical assemblies, hardware, or data center infrastructure (preferred).

• Capability to read and understand mechanical/electrical drawings.

• Proficiency in root cause analysis and capable of identifying effective corrective actions.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of building effective supplier relationships

• Able to travel domestically and internationally (10–30%).

Additional Notes:

Works in an office environment. Requires occasionally performing activities including, but not limited to, bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and/or lifting.

Experience

Required

• 3 - 7 years: 3 - 7 years of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or quality engineering.

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better in Other

Skills

Preferred

• Critical Thinking
• Builds client relationships
• Reads blueprints/drawings
• Quality-focused
• Problem-Solving
• Clear communication

Behaviors

Preferred

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Preferred

• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

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