Supplier Quality Engineer Lead

Work location:

Trumbull, CT or Livingston, NJ (on-site)

The Supplier Quality Engineer Lead is responsible for strategic leadership and execution of the Global Supplier Quality Management Program. This role provides functional leadership across supplier quality activities, ensures regulatory and QMS compliance, and drives continuous improvement across critical and strategic suppliers. The Lead operates with a high degree of autonomy, influences cross-functional and senior leadership decisions, and sets direction for supplier quality governance, risk management, and performance improvement.

The Supplier Quality Engineer Lead governs supplier qualification, compliance, auditing, development, and escalation activities for high-risk, high-impact, and strategic suppliers. This role owns supplier quality strategy, serves as escalation point for complex supplier issues and regulatory interactions, and plays a key role in management review, audit readiness, and organizational quality maturity. The position provides leadership and mentoring to Supplier Quality Engineers and partners closely with Procurement, Operations, Engineering, Regulatory, and Business Leaders.