SQE - Supplier Quality Engineer

SUMMARY
The SQE team is responsible for ensuring that all incoming materials, components, and semi-products comply with the end customer's requirements. During the development stage, the SQE team collaborates closely with Engineering and sourcing teams to evaluate suppliers' capabilities in delivering quality products on time. In the production stage, the team handles any supplier defects, coordinates quick solutions to minimize production schedule impacts, and promotes source improvement. They also qualify and disqualify suppliers based on their performance. SQE is responsible for the quality insurance of incoming material and ensures incoming components or vehicles from external and internal suppliers meet the quality standards.
BENEFITS

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

JOB DESCRIPTION
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Review of supplier product specifications to ensure compliance with design requirements;
• Develop incoming material inspection standards and inspection work instructions, IQC inspectors training;
• Conducting tests and assessments on products to identify quality issues;
• As a key node of the MRB process, SQE is responsible for judging the quality of components and disposing of them;
• Performing regular QA audits to ensure vendors continue to work in compliance with standards.
• Monitoring the quality of incoming materials, take quick and appropriate measures for abnormal quality, to minimize the impact on production and delivery;
• Serving as a liaison between company and the vendors to identify quality issues and come up with solutions;
• Monitor incoming material quality performance, data analysis and case analysis, promote supplier quality improvement;
• Work mostly independently with minimal supervision and work is reviewed at project milestones and/or on completion by Senior Management;
• Other assigned tasks.

Other Functions:

• May perform other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES

• Excellent statistical analysis and quality assurance skills
• In-depth knowledge of the technical aspects of manufacturing and engineering
• Good working knowledge of quality control standards and government compliance
• Experience with manufacturing and production processes and engineering principles
• Ability to provide guidance to improve process efficiency
• Excellent communication and liaison skills
• Understanding of engineering drawings and manufacturing processes
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to present data effectively
• Problem-solving skills
• Team working skills
• Root Cause Corrective Action Analysis Techniques
• Fishbone or Ishikawa
• Five Whys
• Eight disciplines of problem solving

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• None

WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessaryThe employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
TRAVEL

• 0-10% travel is expected for this position.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or materials
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and ability to manage project timelines.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably the automotive industry.
• Experience in Quality Assurance.
• Experience dealing with customers and suppliers.

WORK LOCATION

• Lancaster CA (On-site)

PAY RANGE

• $70k-$100k/yr