Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

At Singer Vehicle Design, we believe Everything is Important. Every nut, bolt, stitch, and finish matters when we restore and reimagine Porsche 911s into some of the most beautiful and respected cars in the world. We’re looking for a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to bring their passion, precision, and problem‑solving skills to our team in Carson, CA. If you share our passion for beautiful cars, thrive on details, and want to be part of something extraordinary, this is your chance.

• Lead and execute supplier qualification/certification, assessment, and monitoring of supplier quality performance for current and new suppliers.
• Be responsible for the strategic development of existing and new suppliers.
• Support Quality Engineering to identify and resolve differences that may exist between Singer internal processes and those of the supply base.

• Initiate and manage paint‑specific quality issue resolution through statistical process control and continuous improvement.
• Perform escape management procedures, drive root‑cause analysis and problem solving (8D), and recommend corrective and preventive action for systemic process and product design problems supplied by suppliers.
• Proactively support Singer’s Approved Supplier Program to ensure healthy continuous improvement and sustainability.
• Use statistical process control to analyze quality data, identify systemic issues (process and part), and develop supplier‑specific quality initiatives and strategies with key proactive quality tools (PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, SPC, etc.) and drive their implementation.
• Develop suppliers to be capable of meeting all of Singer’s requirements for work transfer and process change management including Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance.
• Establish incoming inspection process, procedures, and work instructions to support Singer’s design parts.
• Perform supplier onsite and/or remote audits.
• Travel in support of supplier issues.

• A successful Supplier Quality Engineer must be a problem‑solver, have a strong quality & customer‑focused mindset, be data‑driven, and have the personal drive to hold suppliers accountable, develop a strategy for continuous improvement, and inculcate Singer Vehicle Design’s philosophy of “Everything is Important” with the current and future state supplier base.
• We’re seeking a candidate with 8 years of experience in the automotive/aerospace industry and a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• Bonus points if you have experience with automotive or aerospace paint, PPF or similar.
• Bonus points for Six Sigma/Lean Certification.

Position is onsite in Carson, CA. General schedule: 5 am–1:30 pm.

Our mantra “Everything is Important” guides us every day, naturally underlining that “Everyone is Important.” Singer employees in the US enjoy generous paid time off, low‑cost health insurance, a 401(k) plan with a company match, life and AD&D insurance, long‑term and short‑term disability, tools for our techs, and continuous opportunities for learning and advancement within the company.

We are committed to building a team that includes individuals from different cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, ages, sexual orientations, and physical abilities, reflecting the diversity of the communities where we work and live.

Starting salary range: $117,386 – $156,515 per year. Actual compensation will be determined by skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Do you want to reimagine your career? Apply now and join us!