Supplier Quality Engineer

Hydraflow•Fullerton, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for working with suppliers, engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain to select qualified suppliers and enhance supplier performance and capability, ensuring a positive impact on quality on both new and existing products. This role involves managing, monitoring, and improving supplier performance, researching and cultivating new vendors, and managing non-conforming products until resolution. The engineer will act as a subject matter expert on supplier product knowledge, capability, and capacity, and will conduct onsite visits to assess these aspects and promote best practices. A key part of the role includes understanding receiving inspection processes, component measuring techniques, and drawing specifications, as well as promoting and implementing improvements among suppliers. Training and knowledge transfer to suppliers to enhance quality and processes are also essential. The position requires analyzing supplier performance metrics, implementing improvement plans, and generating reports on supplier metrics and scorecards. Data analysis based on trends and performance is expected, along with acting as a technical resource on supplier product requirements, manufacturing processes, and quality standards. Daily interaction with various departments to resolve supplier quality challenges and working with suppliers to improve their performance are critical. The role also involves supporting project completion and other departmental needs as required. Management reserves the right to modify work assignments and make reasonable accommodations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality or related field
At least 5 years of related experience
Knowledge on manufacturing, varied processes, and inspection methods
Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, including GD&T, schematics and technical specifications
Strong problem solving skills and decision making abilities
Proficient with Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Fluent in English (able to read, speak, write and understand)
Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident)

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross functional teams and suppliers to manage, monitor and improve supplier performance both on time delivery and quality.
Research, identify, and cultivate new vendors (machine shops, processors, etc.).
Manage suppliers’ non-conformances products until they are resolved in order to prevent production impacts.
Be the subject matter expert in the supplier product knowledge, capability, and capacity.
Conduct and lead onsite visits to assess capacity, capability, and promote best practices.
Understanding of Receiving Inspection processes, component measuring techniques, and drawing specifications.
Promote and identify areas of improvement among suppliers and ensure their implementation.
Identify and facilitate training and knowledge transfer to suppliers to improve quality, processes and overall performance.
Analyze supplier performance metrics and implement improvement plans aligned with organization requirements.
Generate and report monthly supplier metrics and quarterly scorecards.
Provides data analysis to management based on data trends and supplier performance.
Act as a technical resource on supplier product requirements, manufacturing processes and quality standards.
Daily interaction with various departments to identify and resolve supplier quality challenges.
Ability to work with suppliers to improve their performance.
Able to provide and support ideas for improving the supplier management process.
Provides support for project completion or other duties based on the needs of the department.