Senior Principal Supplier Quality Engineer

Summary:

The Sr Principal Supplier Quality Engineer serves as the key liaison between upper management and its suppliers, ensuring the highest quality standards are met. This role collaborates closely with procurement, engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams to oversee supplier qualification, audits, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Reports to:

Director of Suppler Quality

Direct Reports:
None

• Key contributor to a comprehensive supplier quality strategy aligned with our business objectives
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to integrate supplier quality initiatives into appropriate activities (NPI, Alternate Sourcing, etc)
• Support a culture of quality excellence throughout the organization
• Be instrumental in establishing robust processes for supplier selection, qualification, and ongoing assessment including KPIs, monitoring defect rates, nonconformance reports (NCRs), and customer complaints
• Use supplier performance metrics to identify trends, and take proactive corrective actions
• Collaborate with suppliers to optimize processes and resolve quality issues promptly
• Participate in endtoend supplier lifecycle, from initial assessment to ongoing monitoring
• Conduct regular supplier audits, assessments, and performance evaluations
• Participate in selection and qualification of suppliers
• Conduct supplier audits, document findings, and continually monitor improvement and mitigation plans as warranted by the findings or trends detected in NCR s
• Assess process capabilities at suppliers for Critical to Quality features in Persimmon’s drawings
• Train suppliers on Persimmon’s quality expectations; guide suppliers on root cause analysis
• Establish FAI requirements and enforce AQL sampling plans with suppliers
• Communicate with suppliers as needed on critical Quality related issues and corrective actions
• Establish mindset of “zero defect” with suppliers
• Participate in MRB as required from time to time

• Basic understanding of Mechanical (GD&T) & Electromechanical schematic drawings
• Competence in various Quality Tools, such as 8D, 5why, fishbone, and Kepner Tregoe
• Knowledge of statistical process control and SPC tools & process capability measures like Cp & Cpk
• Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability, Serviceability, and Cost Reduction practices
• Experience in Work Cell Machining and Milling a plus
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite of Products, especially Excel, Word, and Power point
• Maintain effective relations between company and individual suppliers to obtain desired level of cooperation and collaboration
• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects and issues
• Being able to adjust with short notice in a fastpaced environment with constantly changing priorities
• Familiarity with basic mechanical inspection instruments like Vernier Calipers, micrometers, etc.
• Ability to understand and decode CMM inspection reports

• 10+ years of experience as a Quality Control, Supplier Quality Engineer, or Manufacturing
• Semiconductor industry experience is a plus
• Alternative phrasing 10+ years of experience in Quality (including Supplier Quality) in an industry that is relative to robotics manufacturing (electromechanical)
• Having worked under ISO 9001, ISO
  13485, ISO
  14949 or similar Quality Management System environment
• Experience in internal audits and/or supplier audits
• Minitab or other statistical software experience will be an advantage
• Experience with CAD tools like Solidworks will be very helpful for this role
• Demonstrated knowledge of method transfers and qualifications/validations
• Strong written and oral communication skills to occasionally present to CEO, CTO, VP level
• Strong independent organizational skills,
• Proven ability to conduct investigations, audits and develop presentations analyzing complex data
• Well organized a natural ability to be organized in how you think, communicate, and conduct your work
• Ability to navigate through rapid growth and adapt to rapid change

• This an onsite 5 days per week position
• Requires frequent travel up to 40%, to supplier locations which include local, domestic and international destinations
• Work is…