Supplier Quality Engineer

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Specifies inspection equipment, devices, tools and methods based on TRD, FMEA, drawings, and Inspection Planning Packages.
• Trains and directs team members in proper use of equipment.
• Supports Quality Technicians as needed.
• Assigns or recommends sampling rates, tools, and techniques for inspection procedures and planning packages.
• Organizes first article process and ensures appropriate inspection techniques are available for CTQs.
• Plans, organizes, and reviews new part/supplier/tool qualifications.
• Performs RCCM on products or processes not meeting expectations.
• Issues and mentors closing of SCARs when errors, failures, or out of control conditions occur.
• Collaborates with suppliers to establish, implement, maintain, and audit supplier control plans on key components to minimize risk of supplier failures.
• Prepares reports and presentations as needed for customers, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Facilitates supplier RCCM when supplier team is not capable to implement.
• Manages the ISO System.
• Led CAR reviews and ISO audits.
• Prepares the audit team and the internal audit schedule.
• Manages the internal ISO documented quality system (ISO-DQS).
• Works closely with purchasing, QEs, and engineering to resolve drawing errors, plan for First Article and Pilot processes.
• Supports and trains production personnel on new product test processes during pilot and 1st production run.
• Completes Role Standard Work and deliver all other duties as assigned.

Key Performance Factors

• Improvement of Scrap, RTY, and In Process Rejection rates.
• Improvement of customer quality (justified complaint rate).
• 3M5->M6 execution on time to plan.
• First Article age and acceptance rate.
• MRB age and supplier quality metrics (Q Score, PPM, etc).
• Dock to Stock (Cell) attainment.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of GD&T standards.
• Excellent computer skills and data analysis/data mining capability.
• Excellent understanding of Quality Engineering Statistics and has the ability to use this to leverage quality performance.
• Working knowledge of AIAG definitions and practices for FMEA, MSA, Cp, CpK and SPC. Knows how to apply each in practice.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent demonstration.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) of Engineering from four-year college or university.
• Three to five years of related quality engineering experience.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary Range

$75,000/yr - $110,000/yr

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