Supplier Quality Engineer

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TT Electronics, Bedlington, is hiring a Supplier Quality Engineer to be responsible for all aspects of supplier quality for the Microelectronics Value Stream.

As the Supplier Quality Engineer will support and develop our supplier quality performance across a critical microelectronics supply chain serving aerospace, defence and medical customers.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring suppliers consistently meet stringent quality, reliability, compliance, and delivery requirements for high-reliability electronic assemblies.

Working closely with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Quality teams, you’ll drive supplier improvement activities, manage non-conformances, support supplier qualification, and ensure robust controls are maintained throughout the supply chain.

• Acting as the primary quality interface between the business and external suppliers, manage and develop supplier quality relationships.
• Monitor supplier performance using key metrics.
• Lead supplier improvement initiatives to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Conduct supplier audits, assessments, and process reviews to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements.

• Support supplier approval, qualification, and ongoing surveillance.
• Ensure suppliers comply with applicable aerospace, defence and medical quality standards, customer-specific requirements, and internal procedures.
• Review supplier documentation including quality plans, inspection reports, certificates of conformity, material certifications, and test data.
• Support compliance with standards including AS9100 and IPC requirements.
• Ensure supplier processes support traceability, configuration control, and product integrity requirements.

Non-Conformance & Corrective Action

• Lead supplier-related non-conformance investigations.
• Drive structured root cause analysis and verify effectiveness.
• Manage supplier concessions, deviations, and containment activities where required.
• Support investigation into customer complaints and field quality issues linked to supplied materials or components.

• Support supplier involvement in new product introduction and manufacturing.
• Review supplier manufacturing capability, process controls, and inspection methods.
• Participate in design reviews, supplier technical reviews, and risk assessments.
• Provide quality input into component selection, sourcing decisions, and manufacturability reviews.

• Identify opportunities to improve supplier processes, reduce variation, and improve first-pass yield.
• Promote a preventative and continuous improvement culture.
• Implement quality tools.

What We Look For:

• Experience in a Supplier Quality Engineer, Quality Engineer, or similar role within a high-reliability manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with electronic components, microelectronics, semiconductor packaging, PCB assembly, or…