Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Title
- Supplier Quality Engineer I
Location
- Longmont, CO
Duration
- Jun 26 - Jun 27
Payrate- $50- $57 Hourly on w2

Job description:

• Manage supplier qualifications to ensure that assigned suppliers are capable of producing products and components that will consistently meet Engineering drawing and specification requirements
• Region Coverage – west Americas region , USA
• Own the product / manufacturing process qualifications at the assigned suppliers and ensure the satisfactory closures within the timelines needed by the business.
• New Supplier Evaluation / on boarding - Rigorously execute the supplier evaluation process, including quality & compliance audits / assessments to ensure that only appropriately qualified suppliers are taken through the process. Work with sourcing/commodity team to meet business objectives of new supplier addition.
• Conduct surveillance audits to assure that suppliers have effective process control, rigorous product acceptance standards, and robust quality systems
• Facilitate the serial production needs and product release ensuring quality, aligning with the project / customer requirements
• Organizing / performing inspections at suppliers and ensuring the product quality compliance.
• Support customer witness inspections such as Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and Customer Observation Point (COP) inspections at supplier
• Witness the testing at independent third-party laboratories.
• Own SRG (Supplier Responsibility Governance) metrics for the assigned suppliers and conduct SRG audits per the region audit plan and business needs.
• Collect supplier process data for Critical to Quality (CTQ) characteristics. Conduct process capability analysis. Work with suppliers to improve process capability and drive process improvement. Drive suppliers to perform Continuous Improvement projects to reduce top issue trends.
• Manage - Supplier non-conformance NCRs and Service Notices (SN), Provide quality disposition on warranty claims and supplier recoveries, and Supplier Deviation Request (SDR) activities. Owner of process and 1st technical interface with supplier and engineering.
• Perform robust Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to solve quality issues and prevent reoccurrence.
• Be the technical focal point in coordinating sourcing, Design Engineering & Materials and Process Engineering functions while interfacing with suppliers.
• Drive consistency and adherence to quality procedures and specification requirements
• Provide technical guidance to suppliers to assure product/process compliance with engineering drawings and specifications.
• Work closely with commercial, engineering and manufacturing teams to eliminate any barriers that may affect the quality and delivery of sourced components.
  
  Provide Sourcing Quality input to Engineering during product design reviews.
• Work with sourcing teams to develop the supplier base by developing the existing suppliers and also help identifying and approving the new supplier as needed.