Senior Supplier Quality Engineeer

The role

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will assess supplier readiness and lead New Product Introduction and supplier industrialization. This role involves reviewing quality submissions, leading root-cause and corrective actions, and monitoring supplier quality metrics.

What you will do

• Assess supplier readiness for each build phase
• Identify production-ramp risk and drive mitigation plans
• Lead New Product Introduction and supplier industrialization
• Review and approve prototype and production quality submissions
• Evaluate manufacturability of new designs
• Lead root-cause and corrective action on supplier issues
• Support disposition of suspect material
• Monitor supplier quality metrics
• Drive continuous improvement using lean and quality tools
• Improve supplier quality processes

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field
• 8+ years in Quality, Supplier Quality, or Manufacturing
• Direct automotive experience (mandatory) — OEM or Tier 1/2
• Hands-on NPI / product launch experience
• Track record of building or improving quality systems
• Working knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and VDA 6.3
• Fluency with core quality tools: APQP, PPAP, FAI, PFMEA, 8D, SPC, and GD&T
• Willingness to travel to supplier sites as needed
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers
• Prior supplier-facing engineering across commodity areas

Nice to have

• ASQ CQE
• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA)
• Six Sigma Green/Black Belt
• EV, autonomous-vehicle, or high-reliability (aviation/medical) exposure

Benefits

• Mentorship
• Career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• All candidates selected will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. It is part of the global ALTEN Group with 57,000+ engineers in 30 countries.