Supplier Quality Engineer

We transform the way the world works pure and simple. Our customers are vital to the world's most essential industries—from building and maintaining our infrastructure. We optimize the moving goods across global supply chains, map out farmer's field for unequaled crop yields, to literally mapping out the world around us with our construction division.

Our products and services connect the physical and digital worlds, creating a better way for our customers to get hard work done through the intelligent use and application of data our systems collect and interpret. We make tough decisions easy – with data

Our fundamental business model is to partner with the best of the best in our supply chain network of experts in our system components that go into our highly engineered systems.We offer unmatched system performance to take your jobs to a much "higher intelligent level," allowing huge efficiency gains, cost optimization for max profitability, and overall simplify your business life.

Are you ready to take full ownership of the quality lifecycle for mechanical parts and lead the charge in continuous improvement?

About The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Supplier Quality Engineer to manage the complete quality lifecycle of our mechanical suppliers. This role is crucial for ensuring the excellence and reliability of parts from casting, machining, metal fabrication, and other metal forming companies. You will be a key leader in our organization, driving proactive quality strategies from supplier selection through continuous improvement, while also providing critical oversight and recovery actions for quality-related issues. We are seeking a professional with a strong work ethic, a passion for quality, and a proactive mindset who takes full ownership and accountability for their work.

We are not looking for a "team coordinator" who manages others within their own group to accomplish our supplier base partnership. Rather we are looking for "an army of one" type person who can stand toe to toe with our mechanical suppliers, in the making of the ultimate in reliability parts and assemblies to the benefit of all.

What You Will Do

• Supplier Lifecycle Management: Lead the quality aspect of the entire supplier lifecycle, from New Supplier Selection to ongoing performance monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Proactive Quality Assurance: Facilitate and lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Ramp Readiness (RR) programs to ensure new product introductions are successful and quality standards are met from the start.
• Performance Monitoring: Proactively monitor Key Characteristics and analyze Cpk data to identify and address any potential process drift at the supplier level.
• Corrective Actions: Facilitate the formal 8D process for supplier-related issues, driving timely and effective Supplier Corrective Actions.
• Problem Resolution: Act as a strong leader to manage projects and lead teams to recover from revenue-gating quality problems, ensuring minimal impact on production and revenue.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive and implement continuous improvement actions at key suppliers to enhance overall quality, efficiency, and reliability.
• Collaboration: Work effectively both independently and as part of a team, collaborating with internal engineering, commodity management, and product teams as well as external supplier partners.

• This role requires an open and flexible schedule to support business needs.

• What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science.

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a supplier quality engineering role, with a strong focus on mechanical parts such as castings, machined components, and metal fabrications.
• Extreme proficiency in DFMA applied prior to final production. This "up-front" work to offset problems BEFORE they occur is absolutely critical.Not be be confused with being a good "reactionary" problem solver after the design is "cast in stone"
• Demonstrated expertise in quality methodologies and tools, including the 8D process and statistical process control (SPC) with a focus on Cpk.
• Proven ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, blueprints, and technical specifications.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and influence projects, stakeholders, and bring suppliers capability to their next level for mutual benefit.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, coupled with a high degree of accountability.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, including international travel, to conduct supplier audits and support on-site quality events.
• This role requires an open and flexible schedule to support business needs.
• Fundamental understanding and thus technical guidance for key mechanical manufacturing processes including: machining, metal fabrication. welding, castings, etc.

Who we are

We're an industrial technology company, concentrated on helping the world work better. Our technology enables jobs to get done more precisely and accurately so you can build, construct, grow and move the things we need to live our lives and build future communities.

Hiring Pay Range

$97,500.00–$116,000.00

Bonus and stock option potential, based on company and individual performance.