What challenges can you expect?

We are looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to monitor and improve the quality from our supply base. The Supplier Quality Engineer’s responsibilities include designing quality standards, inspecting materials, equipment, processes, and products, developing quality control systems, and determining corrective actions. You will also work with suppliers to implement quality measures.

A successful quality engineer should have excellent troubleshooting skills and be able to ensure that processes and products consistently meet established quality standards.

Strategic Tasks

• Monitoring and analyzing quality performance.
• Collaborating with suppliers to develop and implement controls and improvements.
• Investigating and troubleshooting product or production issues.
• Developing corrective actions, solutions, and improvements.
• Developing and implementing quality standards according to MR standards.
• Analyzes data to identify trends in product quality or defects with the goal of mitigating and preventing recurrence and future defects.

Operative Tasks

• Reviews design plans, process procedures, test procedures, and quality manuals to understand the scope, requirements, and function of products (eg. FMEA, Controlplan).
• Ensures products meet the organizations and customers quality and product integrity requirements
• Supports product development or operations team by providing analysis and expertise throughout the inspection process.
• Identifies root causes of problems in the production process; recommends and/or implements corrective measures.
• Provides support, guidance, and assistance during all external ISO based audits performed by customers, corporate Quality Management representatives or ISO registrars
• Performs internal and external audit functions to manage, maintain and monitor the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure that all standards are met
• Ensuring that workflows, processes, and products comply with organizational standards.
• Provide training and support to quality assurance team members, focusing on systems, policies, procedures, and core processes
• Understand and perform gauge R & R’s
• Plan, execute, and oversee inspection and testing of products to verify conformance with specifications and deliverables
• Maintain document control system for the facility to ensure that all documents are current, correct, relevant and comply with ISO standards
• Local, domestic and international travel may be required at least two times a year, 2 weeks at a time-including some travel to perform audits or visit customers or suppliers.
• Lead 8D teams to determine root cause, implement countermeasure, and verify effectiveness of countermeasure.
• Support of product development teams from the beginning till start of production.

Characteristics of the function

• Manufacturing Assembly and Office setting.
• The employee is required to regularly required to use hands, fingers, operate controls such as computer equipment and is required to communicate clearly with all employees.

What do we expect from you?

Experience and Skills

• 2+ years of experience in quality engineering, quality assurance, or a similar role.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Competencies/Authorizations

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of or the ability to learn the organizations production processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to serve as a liaison with developers, project managers, and customer support.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• ISO 9001/ VDA6.3
• AIAG Core Tools