Supplier Development Engineer

Supplier Development Engineer

Location:

Loves Park, Illinois (on-site)

Your mission on the Engineering team:

At Touch Tunes, your work matters! We are embarking on a new era in our dartboard product line by adding to the engineering team based in our brand-new facility in Loves Park, Illinois. The Supplier Development Engineer role is the technical bridge between Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and suppliers for the assembly of our soft-tip dart boards. The role will provide a strong technical and quality depth around supplier selection, supplier development, cost reduction, and production readiness.

This person will partner with internal Supply Chain and Operations team and outside suppliers, to improve supplier performance, support sourcing decisions, reduce risk and drive corrective action when supplier issues impact production. This is a highly collaborative role that will sit at the intersection of sourcing, supplier quality, and manufacturing ability to ensure successful execution across the supply chain.

Your day-to-day:

• Partner with Supply Chain and Engineering to lead technical supplier evaluation and selection, and support sourcing decisions for mechanical, electrical, fabricated, and outsourced components and services.
• Assess supplier capability, capacity, process maturity, and manufacturing risk to approve readiness for supplier award, transition, and dual-source implementation.
• Drive supplier development plans focused on improving capability, quality, delivery, cost, and long-term scalability.
• Own supplier readiness for production, including PPAP/APQP-style activities, first article validation, process qualification, and launch readiness.
• Own technical execution of supplier-side changes, ensuring engineering changes, part transitions, and process updates are correctly implemented, controlled, and validated without introducing production risk.
• Engage directly with suppliers to resolve capability and process gaps, supporting root cause analysis, process improvements, and sustained resolution of technical issues.

Your profile:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Engineering, or a related technical field
• 3–6 years of relevant experience in supplier development, supplier quality, sourcing engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a similar cross-functional role
• Experience working with suppliers on machined parts, fabricated assemblies, electromechanical products, or contract manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of drawings, specifications, tolerances, process controls, and manufacturing methods.
• Strong working knowledge of quality and industrialization tools such as:
• 8D / CAPA
• FMEA
• Control plans
• First article / validation methods
• Process capability concepts

What's in it for you:

At Touch Tunes, your work impacts our customers as part of interesting projects that transform the in-venue entertainment industry. We foster open communication and collaboration across all levels, with approachable leaders that value all voices and empower you to excel and innovate. Our team thrives in an environment where fun meets hard work, and everyone is encouraged to be their authentic selves.

Our Perks and Benefits:

• Financial Wellness:
  Annual performance bonus, long-term company bonus, 401k matching, life insurance.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  Competitive health insurance and disability coverage, a Lifestyle Spending Account, access to telemedicine, and an unlimited sick days policy.
• Professional Development:
  Continuous hands-on learning with access to e-learning platform, tuition reimbursement, and peer mentorship. Accessibility:
  An inclusive workplace designed to accommodate people with disabilities.

Touch Tunes is the world's largest in-venue interactive music and entertainment platform, and we're all about sparking joy and human connection. That moment in a bar where someone at the next table cues the jukebox to play your favorite song? That's what we do, but we're also so much more.

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