Senior PCBA Supplier Quality Engineer III

Own the supplier quality strategy for PCBA and electronics suppliers, including selection, qualification, onboarding, performance management, development, escalation, and sourcing recommendations. Plan and conduct on-site and remote supplier audits to evaluate quality systems, process controls, traceability, workmanship, change control, capacity, and operational risk. Serve as the technical quality authority for surface-mount and through-hole assembly, soldering, component handling, cleaning and coating, inspection, test, rework, repair, and common PCBA defect mechanisms. Establish quality requirements and supplier-readiness plans for new product introduction and sustaining production; review process flows, PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, validation data, and first-article evidence. Lead containment and resolution of supplier nonconformances and escapes. Drive material review board and return-to-vendor recommendations, supplier corrective action requests, 8D/A3 root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive action, and effectiveness verification. Define and continually optimize receiving inspection using product criticality, supplier capability, historical performance, and risk; expand reduced inspection or dock-to-stock controls when supported by objective evidence. Create supplier scorecards and business-review inputs using defect rates, yield, escapes, audit results, responsiveness, corrective-action closure, delivery performance, and cost of poor quality. Partner with Engineering to evaluate supplier impacts of design, bill-of-material, material, process, tooling, equipment, test, and manufacturing-site changes; ensure changes are approved and validated before implementation. Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing and Operations on supplier business reviews, sourcing decisions, recovery plans, capacity and readiness, and supply-continuity risk. Develop scalable supplier-quality procedures, templates, specifications, and workflows that support the SENS quality management system; coach suppliers and internal teams, and communicate risk-based recommendations clearly to leadership.