Supplier Engineer

We are looking for Supplier Engineer for our client in Sunnyvale CA.

Job Title: Supplier Engineer

Job Location: Sunnyvale CA

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $55hr - $60hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• 1+ years of experience in Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), FAI, pFMEA, Process Validation, SPC, Process Capability, QMS, and Risk Analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Core Product Teams in defining appropriate Part Qualification requirements.
• Define testing and inspection requirements prior to system integration to maximize factory efficiency.
• Support transfer of parts between suppliers.
• Complete Production Part Qualification Process deliverables: Supplier pFMEA, Special Process Validations, FAI, and Process Capability Analysis.
• Perform product/process risk analysis and ensure mitigations are implemented and effective prior to product introduction.
• Establish sustainable process capability at supplier and critical sub-tier suppliers.
• Support Manufacturing Line Escalations from manufacturing teams.
• Drive corrective actions through use of various Root Cause tools (8D, 5 Why, etc.), determining true root cause, implementing effective and lasting corrective and preventive actions.
• Identify the correct process for manufacturing the part, considering process quality, long term capacity and total lifecycle cost.
• Identify where DFM is appropriate to achieve higher quality, lower costs or better supply chain capacity.
• Educate internal customers and suppliers regarding supplier quality, process and operational capabilities, best value manufacturing methods and tooling for key supplier processes.
• Drive improvements to requirements as necessary by proposing and managing changes to specifications and drawings through the ECO process.
• Manage the planning and implementation of supplier change management projects using the Supplier Change Request process (SCR) post Design V&V.
• Provide status of the readiness (quality, capacity, delivery) of the supply chain for major production process changes.
• Work cross-functionally to improve supplier engineering processes.
• Work with Product Design, Commodity Managers and other stakeholders to identify high capability suppliers necessary for New Products based on assessment of business need and supplier capability.
• Evaluate new supplies through informal assessments and formal assessment by supporting lead auditors in QMS evaluations.
• Support audit team in addressing findings to develop suppliers quality and business systems in order to meet requirements.
• Manage supplier relationships to effectively partner with suppliers.
• Source, select, and qualify components used in the technology.
• Investigate alternate component technologies or supplies, reducing cost and improving quality and reliability.
• Act as technical interface between component/production suppliers and development engineers, determining new and alternate sources.
• Develop guidelines/procedures on vendor selection.
• Evaluate supplier change notification and qualify changes, as needed.
• Maintain component data management system including qualification records/results/documentation.