Supplier Quality Engineer - Electrical

$64,000 - $80,000/Yr

Echostar - Germantown, MD

Full-time - Entry Level

Germantown, MD

Telecommunications

About the position

EchoStar has an exciting opportunity for a Supplier Quality Engineer in our Hughes Network Systems division. This position will be located in our Germantown, MD location.

Responsibilities

• Work with suppliers related to electrical components to include relevant SMT & PCBA manufacturing experience & background
• Working with suppliers of Power Supplies, Power Amplifiers, Feedhorns, Antennas, Servers, Board Assemblies and the associated SMT components.
• Document & communicate issues using measurement, photographic and video equipment.
• Work in a fast-paced production environment to provide technical support to Operations/Manufacturing personnel.
• Working with potential new suppliers to survey their manufacturing capabilities including production processes to ensure products will meet PPM level quality standards.
• Interaction and coordination with design engineering personnel to ensure smooth product transitions from development to high volume production.
• Review potential supplier quality issues at incoming inspection, new product introductions, high volume production & customer returns.
• Participate in MRB process to disposition non-conforming materials and will drive the associated 8D problem solving process.
• Support Procurement through input to supplier selection, review of new cost reduced and alternate parts via the send-ahead process.
• Participate in Concurrent Engineering (CE) Team meetings to communicate problems and work with Team to resolve issues.
• Ability for occasional travel is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering is required and to include some component engineering background.
• 2-3 years of relatable work experience

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of quality systems and processes such as ISO9001, AS9100D, SPC, PPAP and six sigma methodologies.
• Effectively communicate with design engineers, manufacturing personnel and lead root cause and corrective action efforts
• Quality background working with suppliers
• Technical knowledge of electronic components (active & passive) to lead efforts to improve quality and production test yields.
• Familiarity with SiliconExpert Component database or equivalent.
• Experience with SAP is preferred.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written is a must.
• Proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Profit-sharing
• Company-paid life insurance, AD&D and disability
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company-paid holidays
• Health and wellness events
• Exercise and sports facilities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee referral program
• Year round employee events and community programs
• Discounts on Dish Network and HughesNet
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with opportunities to earn employer contributions
• Health Care, Dependent Care and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)