Supplier Quality Engineer

• Working with suppliers of various mechanical components, to ensure compliance to HNS requirements and metrics.
• Document & communicate issues using measurement, photographic and video equipment.
• Work in a fast-paced production environment to provide technical support to Operations/Manufacturing personnel.
• Working with potential new suppliers to survey their manufacturing capabilities including production processes to ensure products will meet PPM level quality standards.
• Interaction and coordination with design engineering personnel to ensure smooth product transitions from development to high volume production.
• Review potential supplier quality issues at incoming inspection, new product introductions, high volume production & customer returns.
• Participate in MRB process to disposition non-conforming materials and will drive the associated 8D problem solving process.
• Support Procurement through input to supplier selection, review of new cost reduced and alternate parts via the send-ahead process.
• Participate in Concurrent Engineering (CE) Team meetings to communicate problems and work with Team to resolve issues.
• Programming and Running Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMM), both laser and touch probe.
• Ability for occasional travel is required.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related technical field
• 3+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Component engineering background.
• Understanding of quality systems and processes such as ISO9001, AS9100D, SPC, PPAP and six sigma methodologies.
• Effectively communicate with design engineers, manufacturing personnel and lead root cause and corrective action efforts
• Quality background working with suppliers.
• Technical knowledge of mechanical parts and assemblies, to lead efforts to improve quality and production test yields.
• Familiarity with MiniTab statistical database tool or equivalent.
• Fluent with GD&T callouts and requirements.
• Experience with SAP is preferred.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written is a must.
• Proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with CMM software (PCDMIS), CAD (CREO or Solidworks), and CAM software (MasterCam) preferred.

Will be eligible for discretionary bonus, with funding based on company performance.

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