Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Overview

Rapiscan, an OSI Systems, Inc. company, empowers those who safeguard our world with the technologies, services, and expertise needed to detect threats, secure commerce, and protect communities. An industry leader in X-ray inspection, radiation and trace detection, metal detection, and optical inspection solutions, Rapiscan has over 100,000 scanning systems installed around the world to assist customs agencies, border security, aviation authorities, law enforcement, military organizations, and security professionals in combatting terrorism, smuggling, and trade fraud.

The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) serves as the primary quality liaison between Rapiscan and its supplier base. This role partners closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and suppliers to ensure purchased materials, components, and services consistently meet quality, cost, and delivery expectations.

The SQE owns supplier qualification activities, supplier quality performance, nonconformance investigations, corrective actions, and supplier development initiatives. The position also supports new product introductions, process improvements, supplier audits, and continuous improvement efforts across the supply chain.

• Lead supplier qualification, approval, and ongoing performance management activities.
• Conduct supplier audits and manage corrective actions to ensure compliance with quality requirements.
• Drive supplier development initiatives that improve quality, delivery performance, process capability, and cost efficiency.
• Ownership of nonconformance investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) activities.
• Support production part approval processes, supplier process validation, FAIR activities, and outsourced process qualifications.
• Establish and maintain supplier quality metrics and performance reporting.
• Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to resolve technical, configuration management, and change control issues.
• Participate in New Product Introduction (NPI) activities to ensure supplier readiness and quality requirements are incorporated early in the product lifecycle.
• Provide technical guidance and quality support to suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Present supplier performance, risks, and improvement initiatives to senior leadership.
• Travel to supplier locations to conduct audits, qualifications, and resolve quality issues as needed.
• Uphold the company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the Company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• It is the responsibility of every employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects in order for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of supplier focused quality, quality engineering, procurement engineering, with manufacturing quality experience within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of quality systems and problem-solving methodologies, including CAPA, 8D, 5-Why Analysis, Pareto Analysis, FMEA, and statistical process improvement tools.
• Experience with supplier audits, supplier development, and supplier qualification programs.
• Proficiency interpreting mechanical and electrical engineering drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes including machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding, plastics, and electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 quality…