Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
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11-04-2025
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11-04-2025
Job Description
The Sr Supplier Quality Engineer works to monitor document communicate and improve on the quality of incoming parts used in Cadwells industryleading neurodiagnostic equipment as well as business and supplier processes used in making those parts. This includes quality oversight of circuit board assemblies cables metals/plastics and more. They oversee technical aspects of initial supplier qualification and subsequent requalifications. Additionally they oversee technical aspects of both internal and external CAPAs related to supplier and contract manufacturer controls while collaborating with Operations Quality and R&D Engineering teams.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborates with Operations and Design Engineers to develop and deliver the Product Acceptance Sampling Strategy Approved Supplier List coordination Supplier owned Control Plans for new products.
- Develops part qualification plans for new and revised part revisions. Determines which parts require inspection at incoming. Responsible for creation of inspection plan (frequency dimensional/visual/functional requirements to sample etc. and is responsible for implementation and monitoring through the ERP system.
- Responsible for immediate action to sourcedpart quality issues at inspection assembly in the field etc. Owns technical supplier communication as part of a multidisciplined team on containment and replacement collaborating with procurement team incoming inspectors and suppliers. Leads failure analysis efforts to determine root cause and corrective and preventative actions. Validates and verifies supplier actions for effectiveness.
- Drives discussions with design engineering on first article review/approval fit/form/function testing necessary drawing changes design and implementation for measurement tools/fixtures recommending design and specification changes to improve yields and cost.
- Assists in ensuring manufacturability and high yield through involvement with design and operations engineering teams; influences design from concept to release by reviewing concepts attending design reviews and assisting with evaluation prototypes.
- Contributes to supplier and contract manufacturer selection qualification and requalification processes by planning and attending both on and offsite supplier quality systems audits.
- Directly attends and observes the supplier manufacturing environment and processes to build an assessment of their overall capability and suitability. Drives needed process changes with suppliers as necessary to guarantee desired incoming part quality.
- Identifies and investigates potential supply chain cost savings opportunities both internally and with suppliers. Supports cost savings initiatives through part/material/supplier qualification.
- Proactively identifies and mitigates risks along with associated preventive actions to avoid potential supplier quality issues utilizing experience incoming inspection history and supplier control plans.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Comprehensive knowledge of printed circuit board manufacturing processes equipment and limitations as well as best practices for both bare fabrication as well as populated assemblies.
- Thorough knowledge of and demonstrated experience with coordinating supplier quality activities including identification communication containment and corrective actions.
- Thorough knowledge of statistical analysis tools such as Cpk Gage R&R and statistical process control.
- Thorough knowledge of electronics design processes tools and design transfer format types.
- Working knowledge of and demonstrated experience with electronics debugging.
- Thorough knowledge of rootcause analysis tools and processes; familiar with formal methods of doing so such as Design of Experiments Ishakawa/fishbone diagram etc.
- Thorough knowledge of industry standards such as IPC AS9100 ISO 9001 etc.
- Ability to participate in and contribute to crossfunctional project teams; communicate effectively including presentations and reports and drive corrective implementation activities.
- Preferred thorough knowledge of injectionmolded plastics used in electronics packaging and their manufacturing processes.
- Preferred working knowledge of sheet metal design and manufacture.
Education and Experience
- Bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent worked experience.
- Typically has greater than seven 7 years of relevant professional or technical engineering experience with five 5 years or more experience in the quality assurance field.
- Experience with regulated equipment preferably in a medical or similar safetyconscious highly regulated industry.
Cadwell Industries Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to race religion color national origin citizenship sex sexual orientation gender identity age veteran status disability genetic information or any other protected characteristic. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position contact our Human Resources department at
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Employment Type
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