Component Engineer

Job Title: Component Engineer 4

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: 12 months

• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) programs by working with suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure material readiness, quality, and manufacturability.
• Support early-stage material procurement activities, including supplier engagement, technical readiness assessments, and execution of prototype and development builds.
• Communicate technical requirements, specifications, drawings, quality expectations, and inspection requirements to suppliers.
• Review and disposition non-conforming materials through Variance Requests (VRs), utilizing technical judgment and risk-based decision making.
• Review First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs), inspection methods, measurement systems, fixtures, and tooling to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Understand manufacturing processes for mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical components and identify process risks, failure modes, and opportunities for improvement.
• Investigate supplier quality and manufacturing issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) to effective closure.
• Understand and apply material traceability requirements, including the ability to trace supplier lots through incoming inspection, inventory transactions, production kitting, and finished product records.
• Support supplier qualification, process validation, and production readiness activities.
• Partner with suppliers to improve process capability, quality, manufacturability, and inspection effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to resolve technical issues and support product launches.
• Develop commodity expertise in mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical components, assemblies, and manufacturing processes.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations effectively to suppliers and internal stakeholders.