Component Engineer

Join Our Supplier Quality Engineering Team

Join a dynamic Supplier Quality Engineering team where you'll play a key role in strengthening supplier performance, solving real production challenges, and partnering across manufacturing, R&D, and sourcing. This role offers the opportunity to lead impactful improvements, support new and existing products, and help shape quality excellence across a global supply base. It's a great fit for someone eager to build technical expertise, drive meaningful change, and grow in a highly collaborative environment.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with domestic electronic and mechanical component suppliers, monitoring and improving their quality performance.
• Act as the primary point of contact for production regarding supplier quality issues related to both mechanical and electronic component parts. Liaise between suppliers and R&D for new product development activities, quality improvements, and engineering changes.
• Proactively review supplier performance and drive continuous improvement projects.
• Understand and proactively address internal customer requirements and concerns, analyzing issues and recommending effective solutions.
• Independently lead projects/feature changes that positively impact organizational functions.
• Participate in and support supplier assessments, qualifications, and yearly audits (both local and overseas).
• Support and align with global and regional commodity strategies and new supplier evaluations.
• Serve as an effective technical resource for product/process/service support across various teams, providing technical assistance to cross-functional groups as needed.
• Mentor new engineers or technicians.
• Expert at problem solving and continuous improvement tools.

SQE Best Practices:

• Owns the issue – drive closure through personal involvement
• Collaborative approach – get buy in from supplier that problem exists and work with them vs. directing
• Describe the problem in technical terms – part/product failed against what spec/test, what was the value vs. expected value
• Knows the process behind an issue – invest time up front to understand process involved, ask supplier to describe process
• Leverage team – consult with peers and/or Subject Matter Experts (SME)
• Rigid containment – focus on solid summary reporting, ie: record keeping, defect quantities, sorting results, accurate NCMRs (Non Confirming Material Records), etc.
• Big picture focus – be mindful of trends and seek for long term sustainable improvements vs. day to day firefighting
• Be willing to work out 'best' solution, not quickest – ensure win/win and that all parties will be committed to action plan
• Get up and go – as necessary, go to the source to address issue and learn details of process
• Follow up on key emails with phone call – allows for immediate clarification and expectation setting and clarifies tone
• Always show 'who, what, when' for actions – leaves no room for misunderstanding and clarifies timetable
• Always have 'key takeaways' on presentation slides – data and graphs should have a message, 'what is this telling me?'

Who You Are:

You introduce new ways of looking  partner with others to get work done. You are confident under pressure.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Technical degree or 5 years of relevant technical experience, mechanical preferred
• Previous experience in a customer or supplier facing role
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
• Proficient in applying quality and problem-solving tools (8D, Lean, Six Sigma, Design Thinking, etc) and root cause analysis
• Willing to travel domestically
• Only U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals as defined by 22 CFR §120) may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• Lean Six Sigma or other certifications
• Experience with learning new productivity tools (AI, Power Automate, etc)

Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come…