Senior Engineer – Supplier Quality
Schaeffler
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wooster • Ohio • United States
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About the role
- Oversee quality control of supplied products within the order fulfillment process.
- Address and resolve any supplier quality issues that arise in the plant.
- Collaborate with suppliers during product development to support advanced quality planning.
- Focus on cost efficiency and producibility during product development stages.
- Conduct supplier evaluations to ensure ongoing adherence to quality standards.
- Manage supplier process changes, initiating and coordinating corrective actions to maintain agreed quality levels.
- Lead the sampling inspection process, making decisive judgments on sample acceptance or rejection.
- Coordinate claim management during series production.
- Act as an escalation point to agree on and implement remedial action plans until resolution.
- Train suppliers on APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) and PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) requirements.
- Ensure suppliers' adherence to agreed quality planning and approval processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering or Master's degree in an engineering related field.
- 5 years of experience.
- Proven experience as a Supplier Quality Engineer or similar role
- Strong understanding of quality assurance processes and techniques, including APQP and PPAP
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and suppliers
- Experience in supplier evaluation and corrective action management
- External applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment VISA or other sponsorship.
Benefits
- Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
quality controlsupplier quality issuesadvanced quality planningcost efficiencysupplier evaluationscorrective actionssampling inspectionAPQPPPAPquality assurance processes
Soft Skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillscommunicationinterpersonal abilitiescollaborationteamwork