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Supplier Quality Engineer
On-site · Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Stand up and lead the Supplier Quality function for a new Salisbury site focused on cold plates and liquid-cooled infrastructure, establishing governance, APQP/PPAP readiness, supplier onboarding and qualification, and scalable performance management. Build and deploy PPAP-based supplier readiness, lead capability validation, audits, and corrective actions, and partner with Engineering/NPI to ensure CTQs and dimensional, plating, leak integrity, cleanliness, and thermal performance requirements are met for cold plates, surface finishing/plating, and liquid cooling products. Manage a team of Incoming Quality Inspectors, implementing inspection plans, gage control, and escalation workflows, while driving continuous improvement, supplier performance scorecards, and containment strategies. Requires hands-on leadership in a manufacturing environment with travel up to 25% to supplier sites.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, Industrial, or related).
- 7+ years in Supplier Quality / Manufacturing Quality in precision machined, plated, or liquid cooling products.
- Experience standing up supplier quality at a new site or major facility expansion.
- Strong working knowledge of PPAP (PFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, capability, PSW).
- Experience leading supplier audits and driving corrective actions to closure.
- Experience with nickel plating and silver plating suppliers including qualification and process controls.
- Ability to operate hands-on in a manufacturing environment (supplier floor + site floor).
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to coach and develop a team of Incoming Quality Inspectors.
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