Supplier Quality Engineer

A Supplier Quality Engineer is required to join our client’s team at their electronics manufacturing and design facility in Cork. Permanent site-based role.

• Supports Continuous Improvement of Quality & Quality Systems.
• Monitor supplier quality performance, provide supplier performance reports, communicate issues to suppliers and drive improvements and supplier corrective actions.
• Review of customer requirements, identification and flow down of quality requirements to suppliers.
• Support cross functional teams in investigating quality issues to determine if supplier related.
• Support cross functional teams in identification, on-boarding and qualification of new suppliers including assessment and review of first articles and associated first article inspection reports.
• Support cross functional teams with periodic supplier surveys, risk assessments and supplier visits/audits.
• Maintain quality related system configurations for suppliers – e.g., approval status, scope of approval and linkage to quality requirements.
• Review and impact assessment of supplier notifications – e.g., related to material changes or material issues with potential impact to quality.

• Level 8 qualification in a relevant Engineering or Science discipline.
• Knowledge of electronics and metal machining processes, associated quality methodologies with the ability to read, interpret, and evaluate drawings for machined and electronic components.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Sampling Plans, Statistics, PFMEA and 8D Problem-Solving.
• Certified Quality Management Systems Auditor with a record of auditing suppliers is an advantage.
• Lean qualification with a record of Continuous Improvement is an advantage. xcfaprz
• Experience with industry standards such as ISO 9001, EN/AS9100, IPC-WHMA-A-620, and IPC-A-610/J-STD is an advantage.