Supplier Quality Engineer

Siemens Healthineers

24d•$84,200 - $115,775

About The Position

The Supplier Quality Engineer works with Engineering, Purchasing, suppliers, and other teams to qualify suppliers and materials, establish quality plans, and ensure requirements are understood and met. The role manages supplier quality planning and qualification, conducts supplier audits and risk assessments, monitors performance, and leads investigation and corrective action for nonconforming materials. It also supports incoming inspection, customer reference-site visits, and collaboration with research and development to improve products and software solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechanical Engineering.
Five years of progressively responsible experience in a quality discipline or related field.
Demonstrated knowledge of the role’s key responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

Experience conducting quality-system and product audits at supplier or subcontractor facilities, domestically and internationally.
Audit training from an accredited source, such as ASQ or ANSI-RAB NAP, leading to ASQ-CQA or RAB certification.
Earned and maintained ASQ-CQE certification.
Knowledge of or training in ISO 13485 and ISO 9000.
Training and implementation experience in quality-assurance methods for analyzing and controlling key process parameters, including Six Sigma, statistical process control, gage repeatability and reproducibility, failure mode and effect analysis, and Poka-Yoke.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; Minitab experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Work with Engineering, Purchasing, and suppliers to establish new-product qualification criteria and create, support, and implement supplier quality plans and first article inspections.
Collaborate with Engineering and suppliers to ensure technical requirements are clearly understood.
Verify that engineering deviations and substitutions receive appropriate approval and documentation.
Approve, develop, and manage direct and indirect quality-relevant material suppliers and ensure received materials conform to requirements.
Review design specifications and develop material inspection plans in SAP for incoming inspection personnel; provide guidance to inspection staff when needed.
Conduct supplier-site audits to evaluate management systems and manufacturing capabilities, identify gaps, and create risk-analysis and mitigation plans.
Develop and maintain supplier performance KPIs, assess quality trends, establish performance targets, and verify the effectiveness of corrective-action plans.
Conduct supplier quality management system and process audits at domestic or international sites and drive resulting corrective-action plans.
Analyze complex nonconforming-material situations and their interrelationships, determine root causes, and establish corrective-action plans.
Evaluate supplier responses to formal supplier corrective action requests for thoroughness and effectiveness.
Use basic statistical analysis methods to assess processes and corrective-action plans, determine process control, and evaluate implemented actions.
Accompany and support customers during external reference-site visits.
Exchange knowledge with the research and development team to improve and further develop products and software solutions.