Supplier Quality Engineer

About the role

The Supplier Quality Engineer supports manufacturing operations by coordinating quality assurance activities across PCBA and final assembly processes. This role ensures compliance with established specifications, standards, and customer requirements while driving supplier quality excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Lead supplier performance management, monitoring metrics such as DMR, DPPM, raw material incidents, and conducting Supplier System Assessments and Quality Process Audits.
• Deliver training and coaching to suppliers on quality tools and compliance, including SSA, QPA, PPAP, EQMS and SEM.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, suppliers and manufacturing sites to implement continuous‑improvement initiatives and standardized quality processes.
• Act as SQE lead for NPD/STP projects, ensuring effective supplier engagement and successful PPAP execution.
• Collect, analyze and report supplier performance data, identify trends and develop corrective action plans.
• Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to investigate quality issues, perform root‑cause analysis and implement CAPA.
• Support quality audits, inspections and compliance activities across the supply chain.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, quality excellence and accountability.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality or related engineering roles.
• Strong analytical abilities and capability to work with cross‑functional teams.

Required skills

• PPAP
• EQMS
• SEM
• Supplier System Assessment (SSA)
• Quality Process Audit (QPA)
• Defective Material Report (DMR) analysis
• Defective Parts Per Million (DPPM) monitoring
• Root cause analysis
• Corrective and preventive action (CAPA) implementation
• Data analysis