Supplier Quality Engineer

AMS Group, Inc.•Kearneysville, WV

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About The Position

The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) is responsible for ensuring supplier products supporting Distribution and License Manufacture lines of business comply with specifications and defect-free workmanship standards. The role identifies and qualifies new suppliers for the Approved Supplier Register and serves as the primary contact for supplier and U.S. Government quality communications. The SQE also ensures conformance with the Company’s Quality Management Systems (QMS). The position works with suppliers, manufacturing sites, engineering, customers, and internal departments to investigate and resolve quality issues, assess supplier quality systems, and support inspections and audits. It also reviews customer quality requirements and determines whether they can be met and implemented, or documents exceptions or alternatives for customer review.

Requirements

Minimum four-year bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) from an accredited college or university in business/management, supply chain, engineering, or a related field; alternatively, four years of demonstrated military and/or business experience in a Quality role.
Minimum five years of manufacturing work experience, including specific aviation/defense contracting experience.
Understand engineering drawings, military specifications, and Bills of Materials; be able to interpret technical drawings and manufacturing requirements and apply analytical and technical skills.
Be able to use various measuring equipment and ensure its calibration status and proper use.
Be able to visually and dimensionally inspect electronic, electromechanical, cable/harness, and mechanical products against OEM specifications and workmanship standards.
Have experience improving incoming supplier inspection processes and developing and maintaining inspection documentation.
Be able to work with suppliers and manufacturing sites to improve product quality and resolve supplier quality issues, coordinating internal support as needed.
Have experience investigating and resolving product or service nonconformities through root cause analysis and corrective action; be able to lead internal and supplier audits.
Be able to generate and collect nonconforming material reports, supplier corrective actions, and related data.
Be able to support analysis and corrective action for supplier-related customer complaints and document complaint analysis.
Be able to maintain a quality issue log and coordinate corrective action reports and SPRS quality issues.
Be able to review customer quality requirements in RFQs and purchase orders, verify they can be met and implemented, or document rationale for exceptions or alternatives.
Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and familiar with ERP operating systems.
Be able to travel up to 50% for supplier source inspections and quality system reviews.

Nice To Haves

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree.
Experience with methods for addressing Foreign Object Damage (FOD), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), and counterfeit or suspect counterfeit products.
AS9100 Lead Auditor Certification.
Experience using Statistical Process Control (SPC) and other statistical tools.
Experience with AS9145 Advanced Product Quality Planning.
Green or black Six Sigma Greenbelt certification.
Experience with aviation industry standards for FOD, ESD, and counterfeit mitigation.
IPC-A-610 (Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies).
J-STD-001 (Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies).
IPC/WHMA-A-620 (Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies).
Knowledge of OSHA regulations and industry-accepted safety practices.

Responsibilities

Audit suppliers to assess the effectiveness of their quality management systems.
Coordinate corrective actions with suppliers.
Conduct receiving and source inspections.
Manage calibration of measurement devices.
Work with engineering to resolve technical issues involving suppliers.
Support internal audits as needed.
Review customer quality requirements to verify they can be met and effectively implemented, or provide rationale for exceptions or proposed alternatives for customer review.
Improve the incoming goods supplier inspection process, including developing and maintaining incoming inspection documentation.
Work directly with suppliers and manufacturing sites to improve product quality and mitigate, control, and resolve supplier quality issues, coordinating support from internal personnel and departments as needed.
Investigate, identify, and resolve product or service nonconformities using root cause analysis and corrective action systems; serve as a lead auditor for internal and supplier audits.
Generate and collect nonconforming material reports, supplier corrective actions, and related data.
Support customer complaints concerning supplier-related issues by assisting with analysis, corrective actions, and complaint documentation.
Maintain the Company Quality Issue Log and issue or resolve internal and external Corrective Action Reports (CAR).
Coordinate and resolve Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) quality issues.
Travel up to 50% to support source inspections and quality system reviews at supplier facilities.
Participate in the creation and approval of First Article Inspection Reports.
Identify and qualify new suppliers for the Company’s Approved Supplier Register.
Coordinate with the broader Engineering Team to support quality-related activities.