Sr. Supplier Development Engineer (Electrical)

Responsibilities

• Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Expertise: Strong ability to analyze engineering design specifications and provide detailed feedback on manufacturability, ensuring smooth transition from design to high-volume production
• Process Flow Development: Skilled in breaking down complex engineering design and testing specifications into structured process flows, identifying critical control points, risks, and optimization opportunities
• Capacity Planning & Analysis: Expert in conducting detailed capacity assessments at supplier sites, including equipment throughput, labor efficiency, and line balancing, to ensure supply readiness for NPI and mass production ramps
• Collaborate with design engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge piece part, assembly, and/or sub-system design intent
• Work with procurement team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems
• Function as the lead liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support
• Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements based on customer and program requirements and expectations for NPI and production phases
• Create and implement a production part approval process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate production
• Develop and approve process controls to control critical characteristics
• Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and root causes to drive supplier improvement plans
• May require up to 50% travel
• You should have the following
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or a STEM discipline
• 5+ years of manufacturing, process or supply chain engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience with PCB assembly, mechanical assemblies or electronic assemblies manufacturing
• Proven track record of taking ownership, successfully negotiating preferred pricing and driving results
• Knowledge of supplier quality processes (production part approval process, advanced product quality planning, first article inspection reports, etc.)
• Experience with quality systems (ISO 9000/TS/AS9100/NADCAP)