Supplier Quality Engineer

The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring product quality and reliability through the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of quality plans, processes, and systems across the supply chain. This role partners closely with design, manufacturing, commodity, and supplier teams to evaluate designs, manage supplier quality performance, investigate failures, and drive corrective actions using data-driven methodologies.

Job Requirements

Must-Have Requirements

• Proven experience in supplier quality engineering within a manufacturing environment

• Ability to independently design and implement quality plans and process improvements

• Strong experience evaluating tooling, equipment, and test gauge requirements, including cost analysis

• Expertise in DFX (Design for Quality, Manufacturing, Testing, and Assembly)

• Hands-on experience investigating failures and leading 8D root cause analysis

• Experience analyzing Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)

• Strong documentation skills for inspections, first piece approvals, and process studies

Core Competencies

• Data-driven quality analysis and problem-solving

• Cross-functional collaboration with design, manufacturing, and commodity teams

• Supplier selection, sourcing, qualification, and application support

• Quality metrics, dashboards, and performance reporting

• Root cause analysis and corrective action management across supply chain

Functional Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement new quality plans or improve existing processes, tooling, and equipment

• Analyze test equipment and gauge requirements, including cost and alternative methods

• Partner with internal teams to ensure product and system designs generate required quality and reliability data

• Establish and maintain quality dashboards and metrics to drive issue identification and resolution

• Evaluate designs and provide DFX inputs to improve quality, manufacturability, testability, and assembly

• Consult on supplier and component selection, sourcing, qualification, and application

• Analyze ECOs and update quality documentation per corporate and task-level procedures

• Prepare inspection instructions, first piece documentation, process capability and potential studies

• Investigate failures and lead 8D reports, identifying root causes and driving corrective actions

• Coordinate corrective actions with suppliers, design teams, and manufacturing partners