Supplier Quality Engineer
Core
Ensuring external supplier quality performance to guarantee product compliance with quality, cost, and delivery requirements in the automotive industry.
Role type
Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
Builds
Automotive supply chain quality assurance and product/process industrialization
Domain
Automotive manufacturing and supply chain
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (industrialization & production support)
Required skills
APQP, PPAP, FMEA/AMDEC, SPC, MSA, 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, technical drawing reading, root cause analysis, supplier auditing, KPI tracking (PPM, incidents, costs), escalation management, change management
Preferred skills
IATF 16949, VDA 6.3
Technologies
APQP, PPAP, FMEA, AMDEC, SPC, MSA, 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, VDA 6.3
Responsibilities
Pilot critical supplier portfolio autonomously, qualify/evaluate/homologate suppliers, lead APQP/PPAP activities to series production, conduct supplier audits and action plans, manage supplier non-conformities and root cause analysis, escalate quality issues, track supplier quality KPIs, secure series start-up and industrialization phases, manage technical deviations and validations, participate in containment actions, collaborate with internal teams (purchasing, industrialization, production, engineering), contribute to automotive supply chain performance improvement.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
