Senior Supplier Technical Engineer

Position: Senior Supplier Technical Engineer

Location: San Diego CA

Role Definition
Assesses supplier quality and qualifies production parts in compliance with manufacturing specifications and standards.

Responsibilities
• Ensure quality of received components by reviewing supplier provided data against drawing requirements.
• Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates.
• Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational policies and quality certifications (ISO, NADCAP).
• Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans.

Skill Descriptors

• Effective Communications : Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

• Problem Solving : Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

• Process Improvement : Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services.

• Quality Orientation : Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques; ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.

• Product Quality Assurance : Knowledge of product quality assurance; ability to use tools, techniques and methodologies assuring the quality of development for and manufacturing of products.

• Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies : Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.

• Supplier Management - MFG : Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.

• S upplier Evaluations and Certification : Knowledge of supplier evaluations and certification; ability to identify the methods, tools and documentation for evaluating, selecting and certifying vendors, suppliers and partners.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in any of the following: CNC Programming, Machining, Investment Casting or Quality Engineering

Experience in production parts qualification

Familiarity with specification from the following: SAE, ASTM, MIL

Experience in a manufacturing environment

2+ to 5 years’ experience

Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree