Senior / Staff Supplier Quality Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead Supplier Qualification and Onboarding: Conduct technical audits of potential and existing suppliers to evaluate their manufacturing maturity, quality management systems (QMS), and alignment with IATF 16949 or ISO…
• Manage the Supplier Life Cycle: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for a portfolio of suppliers, managing all quality activities from initial sourcing through Start of Production (SOP) and into…
• Partner with internal Engineering teams during the DFM (Design for Manufacturing) phase to ensure that complex mechanical designs are optimized for high-yield production and assembly at the vendor site.
• Supplier and CM APQP/PPAP Ownership, leading the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process. Owning the delivery of the PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) package, ensuring every component is validated…
• Lead the development of Supplier PPAP deliverables, including PFMEAs, Process Flow Diagrams, and Control Plans, ensuring the supplier has identified and mitigated all assembly-related risks with "Poka-Yoke"…
• Be responsible for supplier mechanical assembly, test, and integration of sensors, compute, and actuation systems, defining the special characteristic (SC/CC) steps for the manufacturing process.
• Work closely with the internal teams to define, deploy, and validate hardware End-of-Line (EOL) testers and calibration requirements.
• Support Process Verification (PV) Testing, conducting run-at-rate studies to prove supplier manufacturing lines can sustain quality targets at full production speed.

Job requirements

• Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Deep understanding of APQP, PPAP, including FMEA, MSA, Gage R&R, and SPC.
• Advanced APQP & PPAP Management: Proven experience driving the 5 phases of APQP, managing design maturity milestones, and ensuring all 18 elements of PPAP are met for safety-critical components.
• Problem-Solving Expert: Mastery of 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone (Ishikawa) analysis. Must have a proven track record of implementing RCCA that successfully prevents the recurrence of complex electromechanical failures.
• Proficient with Solidworks or similar 3D CAD and CAE software tools for design review, fixture development, and tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Experience with technical drawing tolerancing (e.g. GD&T) for various manufacturing operations to ensure clear communication of design intent to vendors.
• Experience with various manufacturing processes (e.g. printed circuit board, PCBA, wire harness, sheet metal, injection molding, stamping, die casting, and CNC machining).
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to evaluate supplier DFMs, as well as supplier-proposed design changes or material substitutions.