Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Overview

Responsible for leading supplier quality performance throughout the series production phase, ensuring customer satisfaction, driving continuous improvement initiatives, mentoring and leading supplier quality team. The role serves as a key supplier interface for quality-related matters, leads complex problem-solving activities, supports new product and facility launches, and drives the implementation of quality systems and best practices within the automotive manufacturing environment.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $75,000 - $97,000 a year depending on experience. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Core Responsibilities

Quality

• Serve as the primary quality interface for key suppliers, leading quality reviews, customer and supplier visits, audits, APQP, PPAP approvals, warranty management, and escalation activities to ensure customer satisfaction and business continuity.
• Lead complex problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives using A3, 8D, Six Sigma, 5-Why, 7-Step, and other structured methodologies. Drive cross-functional teams to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and verify effectiveness.
• Establish and execute quality improvement strategies to achieve plant targets for Yield, DPMO, COPQ, PPM, customer complaints, and warranty performance. Monitor quality KPIs and provide regular reports to management.
• Lead validation and qualification activities for new components and suppliers. Review and approve test methods, validation plans, and reliability studies to ensure compliance with customer and automotive industry requirements.
• Drive supplier quality improvement activities, including supplier performance reviews, audits, corrective action management, and supplier development initiatives to ensure robust incoming quality
• Support and lead internal, customer, and third-party audits, ensuring compliance with IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, customer-specific requirements, and company quality management systems.

Problem-Solving

• Works with Design Engineers and customer in early program stages to decide upon necessary levels of testing or to make recommendations on use of certain components which will enhance product quality or reliability
• Communicates outcome of component quality tests both verbally and in writing to a variety of customers, engineers and management personnel.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and program management teams to identify quality risks, improve process capability, reduce variation, and ensure successful achievement of business objectives.

Leadership

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to Supplier Quality Engineers and Quality Technicians, ensuring effective execution of quality processes, development of team capabilities, and adherence to quality standards.
• Escalate and manage critical supplier quality issues affecting production or customers.
• Lead cross-functional teams involving Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supplier Development.
• Provide coaching and support to team members in managing complex supplier quality issues, customer escalations, and new component and new supplier launches.
• Support resource planning and workforce development to ensure adequate capability and capacity to meet organizational needs
• Able to lead supplier quality team.

What You Bring to the Role

• BS Degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other relevant engineering degree
• 2 plus years experience in supplier quality management
• Knowledge of VDA 6.3 standards
• Travel as needed to support operations (10%)
• AUMOVIO may offer visa support for Aumovio employees.
• Relocation assistance may be offered for this position.

Physical Requirements

• Must wear company provided ESD safety-toed shoes, smock, and other PPE in required areas.
• Sitting or standing for extended periods, reaching, and using hands/fingers to operate a computer and other office equipment.

Additional Ways to Stand Out

• Preferably 5 yrs. of experience in supplier quality management with leadership experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.