Supply Quality Engineer

Advantest•San Jose, CA

82d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Supply Quality Engineer will be responsible for conducting on-site and remote supplier audits, creating and maintaining quality documentation, facilitating supplier quality reviews, and monitoring supplier performance. This role involves collaborating with internal teams and suppliers to resolve quality issues, leading supplier quality activities for New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, and assessing supplier readiness for production. The engineer will also support various quality-related activities such as first article inspections and process validations, and drive supplier quality performance during NPI and production ramp-up. Additionally, the position requires developing and maintaining internal quality procedures and documentation for Advantest suppliers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Quality related to PCBA’s and/or Mechanicals
Experience conducting supplier audits and supplier quality assessments.
Experience managing supplier quality activities for NPI, production transfer, qualification, and supplier readiness projects.
Strong working knowledge of Quality Management Systems, including ISO 9001 or equivalent standards.
Effective root cause analysis, problem-solving, and corrective action management skills.
Experience developing quality documentation, audit reports, procedures, work instructions, checklists, scorecards, and technical reports.
Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple suppliers and priorities simultaneously.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
Strong technical and quality engineering expertise/ mindset. The position is responsible for solving complex supplier quality issues, conducting root cause analysis, assessing risk, and providing technical recommendations
Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to objective evidence, compliance, and traceability.

Nice To Haves

Ability to travel domestically and internationally to supplier locations as required

Responsibilities

Conduct on-site and remote supplier audits to assess compliance with quality management systems, manufacturing processes, and customer requirements.
Create and maintain audit reports, supplier evaluations, quality procedures, work instructions, checklists, templates, and controlled quality documentation.
Facilitate regular supplier quality reviews to monitor open action items, quality concerns, supplier performance, and timely closure of SCARs and corrective actions.
Monitor supplier quality performance metrics and scorecards, and communicate risks, trends, and escalation items to internal stakeholders.
Review and manage supplier corrective actions, SCARs, and CAPA activities, ensuring investigations are technically sound and supported by objective evidence.
Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and suppliers to resolve quality issues and establish clear technical and quality requirements.
Lead supplier quality activities for New Product Introduction (NPI) programs to ensure supplier readiness and successful product launches.
Assess supplier manufacturing readiness, process flows, PFMEAs, control plans, inspection plans, validation activities, and quality requirements prior to production release.
Support first article inspections (FAI), pilot builds, process validations, production transfers, and production readiness reviews.
Drive supplier quality performance during NPI and production ramp activities by identifying risks, establishing mitigation plans, and ensuring timely resolution of issues.
Develop and maintain internal quality procedures, databases, supplier scorecards, audit records, and external quality documentation supporting Advantest suppliers.