Senior Supplier Engineer

Intuitive; Freiburg im Breisgau; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Intuitive is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure suppliers meet ISI requirements for quality, service, delivery, and cost. You will drive continuous improvement in manufacturing processes and guide Engineering in selecting suppliers for new products.

You will lead supplier development initiatives across multiple suppliers, manage changes to specifications, and collaborate with ISI engineering and sourcing teams during NPI, applying strong process validation and data-analysis skills to

Qualifikationen

• Experience bringing electronic devices to market, preferably medical devices.
• Knowledge of electronics and enclosure manufacturing tech (metal tooling, machining, plastics molding).
• Experience in process and metrology validation using supplier test data.

Aufgaben

• Work with suppliers and ISI engineering and sourcing teams during the New Product Introduction phase, including supplier pFMEA, Process Validations (IQ/OQ/PQ), Inspection Reports, Gage R&R, and Process Capability Analysis.
• Collaborate with Design and Sourcing teams to define the right process and supplier for the part, considering long-term fit and total cost of ownership.
• Develop supplier ramp readiness plans by judging business risk based on forecast, supplier capacity, quality performance, and process capability.
• Drive DFM and process assessments by engaging suppliers early in development to feedback on manufacturability improvements.
• Influence and guide Engineering in choosing suppliers by determining selection criteria and leading the evaluation of preferred suppliers.
• Lead changes to ISI requirements by initiating and managing changes through the engineering change order process.
• Lead supplier development initiatives across multiple suppliers, ensuring excellence in KPIs like quality, capacity, and sub-tier management.

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Responsible for ensuring suppliers meet ISI requirements for quality, service, delivery, and cost. Drive suppliers to continuously improve business and manufacturing processes. Guide Engineering in choosing suppliers for new products and provide DFM input to new designs. Monitors and works with suppliers to improve supplier performance in NPI product and process development. Leads and executes detailed projects with suppliers to implement changes and improvements affecting quality, cost, capacity, risk, and sub-supplier management.

This role will focus on manufacturing of mechanical components including external enclosures, functional opto-mechanical components, sub-assemblies, and fully finished systems for some of Intuitive’s newest vision products. The ideal candidate has experience bringing electronic devices to market, preferably medical devices: has worked directly with component suppliers and has demonstrated knowledge in a variety of electronics and enclosure manufacturing technologies such as metals tooling and machining, plastics molding or processing, as well as coating and finishing applications. The ideal candidate also has experience in process and metrology validation, specifically on measurement correlation and data analysis for process capability based on supplier-provided test and measurement data.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work with suppliers and ISI engineering and sourcing teams during the New Product Introduction phase, including but not limited to the below deliverables:
  • Complete project/part qualification deliverables including Supplier pFMEA, Process Validations (IQ/OQ/PQ), Inspection Reports, Gage R&R, and Process Capability Analysis.
  • Collaborate with Design and Sourcing teams to define the right process and supplier for the part, considering long-term fit and total cost of ownership.
  • Develop supplier ramp readiness plans by judging business risk based on forecast, supplier capacity, quality performance, and process capability.
  • Drive DFM and process assessments by engaging suppliers early in development cycle to feedback on manufacturability improvements during the design phase.
  • Influence and guide Engineering in choosing suppliers by determining selection criteria for preferred suppliers and leading the team effort to evaluate preferred suppliers.
  • Drive changes to ISI requirements as necessary by initiating and managing changes to specifications and drawings through the engineering change order process.
  • Lead and drive to closure supplier variance mitigations from symptom through root cause analysis to corrective action, including thorough CAPA documentation. Execute corrective and preventive actions for supplier process by driving supplier’s investigations and root cause analysis.
• Lead and envision supplier development and improvement initiatives across multiple suppliers simultaneously and with little to no managerial guidance:
  • Build, own, and relentlessly pursue a vision for developing suppliers with a focus on excellence in all KPIs including Supplier Owned Quality, Capacity, and Sub-tier Management.
  • Manage supplier changes including manufacturing process changes, production optimization, facility changes, new equipment qualification, and new line validations.
  • Clearly communicate project status, supply health, and supplier recommendations to key stakeholders and leaderships with little to no guidance.
  • Prepare and deliver supplier communications as required by independently working with suppliers on scorecard creation.
• Effectively prioritize and advance multiple concurrent projects and tasks, with delegation and peer task management as needed.
• Review, analyze and close internal and external customer complaints, manufacturing variance requests, and first article inspections by judging risk analyses and justifications.