Supplier Quality Engineer

Eratech Pte Ltd; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Eratech Pte Ltd in Hong Kong is seeking a Supplier Quality Specialist to support evaluation, qualification, and ongoing supplier performance. You will lead audits, coordinate CAPA, and ensure incoming parts meet drawing requirements and process controls.

The role involves cross-functional collaboration across Quality, Engineering, Production and Supply Chain to minimize disruptions and drive continuous improvement in supplier quality.

Responsibilities

• Support supplier evaluation, qualification and approval through capability reviews, audits, and risk assessments.
• Conduct supplier process and quality-system audits; document findings and verify corrective actions.
• Collaborate with suppliers to establish inspection plans, controls, and traceability for new and transferred parts.
• Monitor readiness during ramp-up, including material certification and tooling.
• Review supplier quality performance using inspection results and NCRs.
• Lead containment and supplier CAPA using 5Why, Fishbone, 8D and CAPA.
• Issue and track SCARs; verify corrective actions are implemented and effective.
• Coordinate material disposition with Quality, Engineering, Production and Supply Chain to minimize disruption to customer delivery.
• Escalate significant supplier risks with facts, impact assessment and next steps.
• Define or improve incoming inspection requirements, sampling plans and acceptance criteria.
• Support inspection and validation of machined components, raw materials and special processes such as anodizing, plating, passivation, heat treatment and surface finishing.
• Review supplier documents including certificates of conformance, material certificates, inspection reports, First Article Inspection reports and process certificates.
• Support First Article and outsourced production kick-off activities by confirming that quality requirements and technical clarifications are communicated to suppliers.
• Maintain supplier quality data and provide concise weekly or monthly reporting on supplier defects, SCAR ageing, audit actions and improvement progress.
• Drive improvement projects with selected suppliers to reduce defect rates, improve process capability and prevent recurrence.
• Participate in internal and customer quality reviews where supplier performance or outsourced processes are involved.
• Support maintenance and continuous improvement of supplier-quality procedures, approved supplier controls and quality records in line with Quality Management System.

Job description

• Support the evaluation, qualification and approval of new suppliers and processes through capability reviews, audits, trial lots and documented risk assessments.


• Conduct supplier process and quality-system audits; document findings, agree corrective actions and verify effective closure.


• Work with suppliers to establish practical quality controls, inspection plans, process controls and traceability requirements for new and transferred parts.


• Monitor supplier readiness during production ramp-up, including material certification, special-process qualification, tooling, capacity and inspection capability.


• Review supplier quality performance using incoming inspection results, defect trends, return-to-vendor data, NCRs, delivery impact and repeat-failure history.


• Lead containment and coordinate supplier corrective actions using structured problem-solving methods such as 5Why, Fishbone, 8D and CAPA.


• Issue and track Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs); challenge root causes where necessary and verify that corrective actions are implemented and effective.


• Coordinate material disposition and recovery actions with Quality, Engineering, Production and Supply Chain to minimize disruption to customer delivery.


• Escalate significant supplier risks, repeated defects or overdue actions with clear facts, impact assessment and recommended next steps.


• Define or improve incoming inspection requirements, sampling plans and acceptance criteria based on drawing requirements, process risk and supplier performance.


• Support inspection and validation of machined components, raw materials and special processes such as anodizing, plating, passivation, heat treatment and surface finishing.


• Review supplier documents including certificates of conformance, material certificates, inspection reports, First Article Inspection reports and process certificates.


• Support First Article and outsourced production kick-off activities by confirming that quality requirement sand technical clarifications are communicated to suppliers.

Performance improvement and cross-functional support

• Maintain supplier quality data and provide concise weekly or monthly reporting on supplier defects, SCAR ageing, audit actions and improvement progress.


• Drive improvement projects with selected suppliers to reduce defect rates, improve process capability and prevent recurrence.


• Participate in internal and customer quality reviews where supplier performance or outsourced processes are involved.


• Support maintenance and continuous improvement of supplier-quality procedures, approved supplier controls and quality records in line with Quality Management System.