Senior Engineer Supplier Quality

Abbott • Temecula, CA

2d • $78,000 - $156,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Engineer Supplier Quality drives improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers. Develops acceptance criteria for materials. Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree Related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 6 years related work experience with a strong understanding of specified functional area.
• Wide application of technical principles, practices, and procedures.
• Strong understanding of business unit function and cross group dependencies/relationships.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Has a sound knowledge of various technical alternatives and their impact.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree Preferred

Responsibilities

• Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities.
• Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier.
• Generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures.
• Trains inspectors to these procedures.
• Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment.
• Assists in generating component specifications.
• Generates test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products.
• Provides input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
• Analyzes incoming material defects.
• Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary.
• Communicates issues to suppliers.
• Reviews new design specifications and provides input from component quality and manufacturability perspective.
• Investigates field failures related to supplier materials.
• Develop corrective action plan where necessary.
• May supervise inspectors.

Benefits

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• The Freedom 2 Save student debt program
• FreeU education benefit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior