Senior VQM Engineer

Responsibilities

• Supplier Quality Development – Establish supplier quality management frameworks and evaluation mechanisms.
• Conduct new supplier qualification, certification, and onboarding activities.
• Participate in supplier selection and risk assessment activities.
• Establish supplier quality performance metrics.
• Supplier Quality Assurance – Monitor supplier quality performance.
• Conduct supplier audits and quality assessments.
• Ensure supplied materials comply with quality specifications and requirements.
• Manage supplier quality issues and improvement activities.
• Supplier Quality Improvement – Lead supplier CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) improvement activities.
• Track corrective action progress for major quality issues.
• Drive supplier continuous quality improvement programs.
• Improve supplier quality maturity and capability.
• Risk Management – Conduct supplier risk analysis and monitoring activities.
• Establish supplier quality risk early‑warning mechanisms.
• Support supply chain change management activities.
• Prevent supplier‑related issues from impacting manufacturing operations.
• Cross‑functional Partnership – Collaborate with Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams.
• Participate in supply chain implementation and strategic planning activities.
• Provide supplier quality expertise and recommendations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of supplier quality experience in EMS, networking products, automotive electronics, or industrial electronics manufacturing.
• Experience in supplier qualification, auditing, and quality improvement.
• Experience managing global suppliers and cross‑functional projects.
• Experience supporting factory start‑up, supplier localization, or overseas manufacturing operations (preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or related fields (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Engineering).
• Language skills: Chinese and English required; Spanish a plus.

Professional Expertise & Skills

• Supplier Quality Management
• Quality Management Systems
• Supplier Auditing
• Supplier Qualification
• PFMEA, SPC, MSA, CAPA, 8D, RCA
• Risk Management
• Change Management
• Statistical Analysis
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
• ISO 9001
• Supplier Performance Management
• ISO/TS 16949 Technical Specification
• ISO 9000
• Process Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Supplier Evaluations
• Supplier Identification and Selection
• Supplier Process Improvement
• Supplier Quality Management
• Vendor Contracts
• Vendor Performance Monitoring

Location

Primary working location: Texas, United States.