Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Summary:

Interact with supplier production and quality departments to assure production and inspection processes are consistent and adequate to provide the customer organization a steady flow of goods conforming to product quality and delivery requirements.

Help the supplier upgrade to meet customer expectations by using a combination of knowledge, tact, and teaching ability and by teaming with manufacturing, quality and engineering experts as needed to support the endeavor.

Monitor supplier performance, generate statistical reports and take action to assist when performance is below targeted level.

Maintain approved supplier list, key supplier lists and perform on-site supplier audits/surveys.

Responsibilities and Tasks:


* Plan, devise and implement approaches for supplier controls and improvement.
Develop and generate supplier rating reports and associated statistical data used to assess supplier performance.


* Provide technical support to inspection and test personnel and design and establish workmanship criteria for projects.


* Travel to suppliers to perform supplier surveys and correlate results to determine supplier suitability for ESA applications.


* Travel to suppliers to conduct on site audits of supplier operating systems to determine supplier's compliance with minimum operating system requirements.


* Analyze statistical data to evaluate trends, investigate failures completely to determine the root cause and take appropriate corrective action to revise design, methods and inspection/test instructions to prevent failure recurrence.

Must know when to solicit internal and external expert advice for best outcome.


* Analyze product specifications and supplier processes and determine and specify the type of test and test equipment necessary to accomplish objective.


* Assist suppliers in developing process improvement plans to prevent recurrence of any defects.


* Periodically present supplier performance reports to senior management and respond to supplier performance concerns.


* Oversee qualification and periodic testing requirements; initiate required customer reports and lead corrective action efforts on failures/defects.



* Update and maintain the Approved Supplier List.


* Perform data analysis of rejects and recommend supplier disqualification, when appropriate.
Make data driven recommendation/decisions and take appropriate action based on the trends.


* Drive the implementation of effective closed-loop corrective actions to resolve issues and prevent recurrence of rejections.

Education, Experience/Knowledge & License/Certification:


* Bachelor's degree required (or in lieu of degree equivalent, related work experience and or military service)


* Degree Preferred: Engineering/Manufacturing or equivalent technical degree
5 or more years related experience in manufacturing engineering or quality


* ISO 9000 / 13485 experience preferred.

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