Supplier Quality Engineer

Flex•Austin, TX

11d

About The Position

The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for supplier development in manufacturing or service processes. The role works with suppliers to continuously improve performance, implement process controls, and develop quality assurance plans. It involves selecting, qualifying, approving, developing, and monitoring suppliers to meet customer and business requirements, as well as ensuring compliance with applicable quality and regulatory standards. The position supports supplier and component qualification, value-added engineering, pilot runs, corrective actions, audits, continuous improvement, engineering changes, process validation, and supplier performance monitoring. The engineer collaborates with purchasing, receiving inspection, suppliers, and cross-functional project teams, and provides technical guidance on supplier processes and supplied components.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Typically four years of engineering experience in the high-technology electronics industry or a related field.
Advanced functional and technical skills and basic process skills.
Advanced or thorough knowledge of the function and Flextronics business.
Troubleshooting, diagnostic, and overview knowledge of the entire test process, with the ability to train others.

Responsibilities

Select suitable suppliers with sourcing based on quality, capability, pricing, delivery, environmental and social regulations, and customer requirements.
Qualify new suppliers through capability matching, risk assessment, self-assessment, onsite audits, and qualification database management.
Review customer drawings and specifications and provide value-added engineering proposals to optimize supplier processes or products.
Implement component qualification and PPAP/FAI activities, including required certificates, control plans, FMEA, MSA, process parameter sheets, compliance documentation, and reliability testing.
Track quality performance of newly qualified parts during pilot runs, drive supplier corrective actions, and support transfer to mass production.
Provide subject matter expertise for supplier quality issues and troubleshooting.
Support annual maintenance audits for existing suppliers.
Support supplier continuous improvement programs using quality tools.
Manage customer ECO, ECN, and SCR implementation and verify whether PPAP/FAI is required before production.
Perform supplier quality audits to ensure products and services meet ISO and regulatory standards.
Build effective working relationships with purchasing engineers and suppliers.
Provide cross-functional support to select, approve, and develop suppliers according to customer and business needs and applicable vendor guidelines.
Assess the effectiveness of supplier process control plans, measures, and activities.
Use statistical techniques and professional judgment to research data and improve processes.
Develop and guide process validations and tests, analyze results, and document protocols and reports.
Guide supplier process capability studies and construct Design of Experiments to characterize processes or identify root causes.
Develop and implement procedures for new or improved supplier processes.
Support Receiving Inspection through statistical research, measurement-system studies, Gage R&R studies, and inspection procedures.
Participate in Material Review Board resolutions involving supplier-provided parts and services.
Participate in supplier Quality System Improvement Plans and guide Supplier Requests for Change.
Perform corrective and preventive actions with suppliers and investigate nonconformances and supplier performance for key performance indicators.
Perform dock-to-stock monitoring and part selection activities.
Guide project teams on supplied-component and supplier qualifications and help identify risks and hazards related to new product designs, processes, suppliers, and applications.
Operate job-related equipment safely and skillfully.
Rate and track supplier performance, drive supplier continuous improvement, and establish and maintain supplier management processes and tools.