Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Deploy Advanced Product Quality Planning activities to determine appropriate use of process controls with suppliers during pilot and mass production.

• Facilitate and promote use of six sigma, Lean, and statistical tools and DMAIC methodology for quality improvement project.

• Work with suppliers to establish a structured approach for consistency and adherence to quality procedures and requirements.

• Develop Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Control plans, Measurement system analysis.

• Develop / validate test and inspection plans designed to assure quality of factories and products based on a review of all applicable safety standards (such as American National Standards Institute or Underwriters Laboratories), industry trends, and historical performance data.

• Resolve quality issues by identifying problems, examining solution options, implementing action plans, and providing resources including issues of capability, tolerancing, and materials/handling related issues.

• Analyze and interpret assessment, test, and inspection results, determine root cause of failures and non-conformities, and drive continuous improvement and best practices.

• Work closely with service providers on surveillance audits (quality system assessment, process capability analysis and during-process inspection, etc.) for suppliers and sub-tier suppliers through quality tools to qualify them and drive their continuous improvement.

• Follow up on non-conforming results from supplier audits, during-process inspection, pre-shipment inspection, quality complaints from internal customers, product returns, and safety recalls.

• Tracking, management and reporting for the assigned quality initiative programs.

• Managing service providers and ensure compliance to relevant requirements from Company Integrity Policy, QA Standard Operating Procedures, and MSA.

• Able to use data base to analysis for actions focus and develop quality improvement plan.

• Identify improvement opportunity and work on Quality system & operation improvement.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS Technical Degree or above

• 5+ years working experience in supplier quality field, familiar with statistical quality control tools, such as FMEA, gage R&R, SPC etc.

• International operations experience, supported by foreign language skills (oral and written).

• Operational experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.

• Experience with engineering standards development, review, and enforcement.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & Competencies

• GB or BB certified is preferred.

• Self-discipline, self-starter, ability to work in cross-functional & global team environment.

• Passion for excellence with high integrity, commitment to quality, fluent in oral and written in English and Mandarin speaking is preferred, willing to take frequent travel and work with suppliers.