Supplier Engineer

Work with Product Design, Commodity Mangers and other stake holders to identify high capability suppliers necessary for New Products based on assessment of business need and supplier capability. 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.

Job Title: Supplier Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 12 months

Roles and Responsibilities:
Part Qualification
Support Value Engineering and Quality Improvement Part Qualification efforts
Lead Core Product Teams in defining appropriate Part Qualification requirements
This includes defining testing and inspection requirements prior to system integration to maximize client 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

Manufacturing Process Selection and Development
Lead manufacturing process selection
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

Manage change
Drive improvements to client 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
Supplier Selection and Evaluation
Support Supplier Selection
Work with Product Design, Commodity Mangers and other stake holders 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
Foster Supplier Relationships
Support audit team in addressing findings to develop suppliers quality and business systems in order to meet client s requirements
Manage supplier relationships to effectively partner with client suppliers


Component Engineer: Sources, selects, and qualifies components used in the company s technology. Investigates alternate component technologies or supplies, reducing cost and improving quality and reliability. Acts as technical interface between component/production suppliers and development engineers, determining new and alternate sources. Investigates alternate component technologies or supplies for reduced cost or improved quality and reliability, and implements changes. Develops guidelines/procedures on vendor selection. Evaluates supplier change notification and qualifies changes, as needed. May maintain component data management system including qualification records/results/documentation.