Supplier QA Engineer

Boston Scientific; George Town; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company in George Town seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer to drive quality improvement and corrective actions. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, excellent analytical and communication skills, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field. This position is key in ensuring supplier performance and component reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Supplier Quality Engineering or similar role.
• Experience in a regulated environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assess potential new suppliers for technical and quality capabilities.
• Generate and maintain incoming inspection procedures.
• Develop component specifications and monitors defect analysis.

Skills

Excellent communication

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Attention to details

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Overview

Purpose Statement Drives improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers. Develops acceptance criteria for materials. Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures.

Responsibilities

• Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities. Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier.
• Generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures. Trains inspectors to these procedures.
• Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment.
• Assists in generating component specifications.
• Generate test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products.
• Provide input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
• Analyses incoming material defects. Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary. Communicates issues to suppliers.
• Reviews new design specifications and provides input from component quality and manufacturability perspective.
• Investigates field failures related to supplier materials. Develop corrective action plan where necessary.
• May supervise inspectors.

Requirements

• Candidate required process at least bachelor's degree in engineering, quality or any related field.
• At least 5 years’ work experience in Supplier Quality Engineering role or similar field.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment while not essential would be an advantage
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent analytical skill with strong attention to details.