Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

• Engage with suppliers for industrialization and readiness for multiple automotive components.
  
• Support supplier selection and capability assessment for various projects, ensuring alignment with program timelines and quality expectations.
  
• Drive APQP discipline and enforce PPAP requirements, ensuring suppliers meet dimensional, material, and performance validation before production approval.
  
• Track industrialization project KPIs, internally and externally to assess supplier readiness.
  
• Evaluate and validate supplier manufacturing processes by leading process audits, PFMEA reviews, control plan validation, and equipment capability/View email address on ziprecruiter.com assessments.
  
• Optimize supplier manufacturing scalability, ensuring production lines are capable of meeting increasing volume and quality expectations during ramp-up phases.
  
• Monitor supplier industrialization performance through KPIs such as on-time PPAP submission, process capability indices (Cpk/Ppk), defect rates (PPM), issue closure rate, and supplier corrective action effectiveness.
  
• Facilitate problem resolution using structured methodologies (focused problem solving) to address defects, process deviations, and launch roadblocks proactively.
  
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to drive VA/VE cost optimization, ensuring seamless design implementation into supplier manufacturing processes and technology while maintaining quality and performance standards
  
• Up to 50% travel requirement
  

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or other related field

• Strong Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) development, Lean manufacturing, Traceability requirements
  
• Technical expertise of automotive components designs and manufacturing, including knowledge of safety and test requirements and appearance approval process.
  
• Knowledge of Geometric Design and Tolerancing (GD&T) and datum structures.
  
• Experience in Extrusion and fabrication commodities.
  
• VDA 6.3 credentials and understanding preferred.
  
• In depth knowledge of IATF16949:2016 and understanding of ISO14001. ISO9001 is also a preferred knowledge set.
  
• Ability to stand, sit, or walk for 8-10 hours per day.
  
• Required to communicate using phone and/or e-mail.
  
• Ability to view, read, and interpret documents.
  
• Ability to perform all duties in an office environment that may contain ambient noise and temperature fluctuations