Lead/Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Summary

As a member of the Quality team, this position is expected to perform in a unified, coordinated team effort under the direction of the Supplier Quality Engineering Manager. To assist in the selection of excellent suppliers, establish partnerships with key suppliers, ensure compliance, and improve the quality of supplied materials. This position interacts with supplier management, procurement, manufacturing, engineering, and other Celestica personnel, as well as supplier representatives to improve processes that impact supplied materials.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs Supplier Qualification and Assessment Audits

• Supplier Qualification to Celestica & Customer requirements, new Suppliers & Periodic audit /assessments of existing regional supply base
• Support site teams by assisting with Customer & third-party audits including conformance to QMS
• Includes qualification of Supplier Production Process and associated Work Instructions

Leads Part Qualification

• Initiates IQC inspection and test plans to verify critical quality characteristics
• Validates First Article Inspection Reports and drives supplier actions based on qualifying parts to industry customer requirements
• Pre-production Qualification Analysis for purchased parts supporting New Product Introduction

Drives RCCA’s for Factory Supply Base covering BTP & non-BTP Parts

• Disposition of supplier nonconforming material through the Material Review Board
• Issuing and timely closure for all critical supplier defects using Celestica SCAR/8D Tools:
• Work with supplier & Celestica factory to contain/purge all non-conforming materials
• Monitor and communicate supplier performance. Escalate underperforming suppliers and drive improvements through the deployment of Supplier Quality Development Plans

Disposition and Control of Supplier Nonconforming Materials

• Participates in Celestica Factory Materials Review Board
• Assists Inspectors in the Documentation of defects in Celestica Defect Reporting Systems (NCMR & SCAR).

Customer Interface

• Support customer 8Ds with regard to supplier incidents/events

Required Education, Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent applicable experience.
• Min 8 years experience in an Engineering Quality role

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Preferences are given to candidates with technology experience in one or more of the following

• Complex Mechanical Assemblies
• Semiconductor Industry Tooling
• Electro-Mechanical Assemblies
• Fabrications & Weldments
• Machining
• Robotics
• Clean-room Environments
• Supplier Special Processes including Cleanroom, Special Cleaning Processes, Painting, Plating, Welding, Complex Cable Harness Assemblies, etc.

Desired Skills, should include multiple of the following

• Semiconductor Industry “Copy Exactly” requirements
• Technical drawing interpretation and geometric tolerancing
• First Article Inspection, PFMEA, Control Plan, SPC, Measurement Systems Studies
• ISO & Agency Certifications
• A working knowledge of quality improvement tools and techniques such as First Article Inspection, 8D problem solving, PFMEA, SCAR, Control Plan, SPC, Measurement System Studies, etc
• Ability to write technical documents, work instructions, and QMS
• Ability to consolidate, manipulate, and analyze large quantities of data.

General

• Six Sigma Certification and/or Training
• Demonstrated proficiency working with computers: Microsoft Office Apps (Excel), Enterprise Data Systems
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
• May require some domestic and or international travel
• Able to communicate in spoken and written English