Supplier Quality Engineer

Summary

The Supplier Quality Engineer provides leadership and guidance on supplier issues for all TMS USA sites.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop strong working relationships with suppliers.
• Act as liaison between suppliers and company leaders determining solutions to any challenges to quality standards.
• Review, edit, and audit TMS Purchase Specifications and drawings for accuracy, completeness, and correctness.  Work with Design and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure they address design and performance requirements.
• Create Supplier Quality Control guidelines and protocols.
• Ensure suppliers adhere to regulations and understand TMS specifications and requirements.
• Work with suppliers to develop process capability to meet TMS purchase specification requirements.
• Create and maintain supplier database with records of performance to enhance current supplier scorecard.
• Create standardized supplier metrics.
• Create and promote strategies to increase the quality and efficiency of supplied systems and products.
• Review supplier drawings and communicate discrepancies to suppliers in a timely manner to facilitate conformance with customer requirements.
• Work with suppliers to investigate and resolve quality issues resulting in reduced defect rates.
• Perform logistics tasks such as communicating and visiting suppliers to notify them of rejections and complaints.
• Work with Incoming inspection and production to understand impact to product, processes and customer.
• Work with Design and Manufacturing Engineering to evaluate supplier samples, approve new suppliers, verify new revisions, and implement improvements.
• Communicate technical specifications and details to suppliers to ensure full understanding of TMS requirements. 
• Visit suppliers to perform Quality Systems audits and ensure manufacturing processes comply with requirements and guidelines.  
• Work with Purchasing and Engineering teams to research, Identify and qualify new suppliers.
• Train new employees and suppliers on Quality Assurance procedures and protocols.
• Drive Continuous Improvement and recommendations based upon supplier audits and process reviews.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• 3-5 years quality experience with a supply chain concentration.
• Strong Engineering, Operations and Quality experience to resolve complex supplier problems.
• Manufacturing and Machining industry experience preferred.
• Must be a self- starter willing to travel up to 35% of the time.
• Extremely well-organized with superior attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multitask, work in a high paced environment and meet deadlines.

Times Microwave Systems is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V.