Supplier Quality Engineer

Flex • SC

73d

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Supplier Quality Engineer located in . Reporting to the Sr. Quality Manager the Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for supplier development in a manufacturing or service process; works with suppliers to continuously improve performance, implement process controls and develop quality assurance plans.

Requirements

• Typically requires 6 years of experience in engineering in the high technology electronics industry or related field.
• Demonstrates advanced operations, technical and people and/or process skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of the function and a thorough understanding of Flex and related business.
• Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/ processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively communicate with managers and employees of the organizations.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Responsibilities

• Select the suitable supplier with jointed-effort of sourcing on aspects of quality, capability, pricing, delivery, environment, society regulation, etc. against customer requirements.
• Implement the new supplier qualification thru the process of capability matching, supplier risk assessment, supplier self-assessment, onsite qualification audit, qualification database management.
• Understand customer drawing, specification to feedback value-added engineering proposal to customer and supplier for optimization of supplier manufacturing process or products.
• Implement PPAP (FAI) including FAI, Material Certificates, Quality/Process Control Plan, FMEA, MSA, Process Parameter Sheet, RoHS compliance, Reliability Test, COC, etc.
• Track the new qualified parts quality performance to ensure meet the customer quality requirements in pilot run phase.
• Drive supplier corrective action from supplier in Pilot Runs (1-3 lots) and smoothly transfer the pilot run to mass production.
• Work as SME (Subject Matter Expert) to help on supplier quality hot issue and trouble shooting.
• Help on the annual maintenance audit for existing suppliers with SQE.
• Help supplier to use the quality tools to improve manufacturing process and product quality.
• Handle with ECO/ECN/SCR from customer, follow up the status in case that PPAP/FAI is required prior to production.
• Perform quality audits on suppliers to assure products and services meet International Organization for Standards (ISO) and regulatory standards.
• Provide cross functional help to select, approve and develop suppliers to meet customer and business needs.
• Ensure supplier selection, development, approval and rejection according to SJM vendor guidelines and requirements.
• Drive full assessment for effectiveness of supplier process control plans, measures and activities.
• Use statistical techniques and professional judgment to research data for process improvement.
• Develop and guide execution of process validations and tests; explore resulting data and document results (protocols/reports).
• Guide supplier process capability studies.
• Construct Design of Experiments to characterize supplier processes and/or sets on root cause.
• Develop and implement procedures for new and/or improved supplier processes.
• Provide engineering help to Receiving Inspection including statistical research, measurement systems exploring, Gage R&R studies and inspection procedures.
• Participate in Material Review Board resolutions on supplier provided parts and services.
• Participate in supplier Quality System Improvement Plans.
• Guide the Supplier Requests for Change process.
• Perform supplier Quality System audits.
• Perform corrective and preventive actions with suppliers.
• Research non-conformances and supplier performance for key performance indicators.
• Perform dock-to-stock monitoring and part selection activities.
• Provide guidance to project teams for supplied component and supplier qualifications.
• Guide teams in identification of risks/hazards relative to new product designs, processes, suppliers and applications.
• Rate and track supplier’s performance and drive supplier continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain supplier management processes and tools.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Life Insurance.
• Short-term and Long-term Disability.
• Matching 401(k) Contributions.
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time.
• Tuition Reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees