Supplier Quality Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Supplier Approval
• Partner with Sourcing and Engineering to qualify, approve, and develop suppliers in alignment with the sourcing strategy and long-term business needs.
• Main focus will be on diversified parts (small parts) as part of Industrialization effort.
• Product and Process Qualification
• Define and execute product and process qualifications following Gas Power requirements for various complex parts and assemblies to ensure readiness for serial production.
• Review and approve Manufacturing Process Plans (MPP), Product and Process Quality Plans (PQP), control plans, and inspection plans for assigned components.
• Ensure CTQ (critical-to-quality) requirements, customer requirements, and regulatory requirements are correctly translated into supplier process controls and inspection methods.
• Validate first article inspection (FAI) and ongoing product verification; monitor process capability and drive corrective actions where performance is not meeting targets.
• Deviation & Nonconformance Management
• Manage and approve Supplier Deviation Requests (SDRs) ensuring that the risk is assessed, documented, and controlled.
• Drive the evaluation and disposition of supplier nonconformances in coordination with Engineering, Manufacturing, Sourcing and Field teams.
• Lead and own containment, rework and recovery actions at supplier facilities, assembly sites and wind farm sites and ensure effective closure and documentation of issues.
• Continuous Improvement & COPQ Reduction
• Analyze Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) data, field feedback, and assembly/shop issues to identify systemic improvement opportunities at suppliers.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and FMEA (design and process) with suppliers to implement robust corrective and preventive actions.
• Conduct quality system, product and process audits at supplier sites; verify compliance with QMS requirements, procedures, and applicable industry standards.