Supplier Quality Engineer I

Boston Scientific Corporation; George Town; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific in Malaysia (Penang) is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to drive improvement and corrective action on components from external suppliers. You will support supplier selection, develop acceptance criteria, and monitor supplier performance to ensure product quality.

You will collaborate with suppliers, lead problem-solving with data-driven approaches, and help implement corrective actions for yield issues and field failures, with potential supervision of inspectors as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience in a related field.
• Proven experience in supplier quality-related functions and supplier quality management.
• Demonstrated ability to work with suppliers to ensure quality standards and drive improvement.

Responsibilities

• Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities and provide technical support for supplier onboarding.
• Generate and maintain incoming inspection procedures and train inspectors.
• Develop inspection tools and equipment; assist in generating component specifications.
• Generate test protocols, monitor testing, and approve components for use in products.
• Provide input to Design Engineering on new components and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
• Analyze incoming material defects and drive corrective action; communicate issues to suppliers.
• Review new design specs from a quality and manufacturability perspective.
• Investigate field failures related to supplier materials and implement corrective action as needed.
• May supervise inspectors.

Skills

Problem solving

Data-driven

Collaboration with suppliers

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

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.

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.

Key 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 or a related technical discipline (e.g., Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials, Industrial, Chemical, or Biomedical Engineering).
• At least 2~5 years of working experience in related field.
• Proven experience in supplier quality–related functions, with a strong track record in supplier quality management.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with suppliers to ensure compliance with quality standards and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a structured and data-driven approach.

Technical & Functional Competencies

• Supplier Quality Systems Expertise: Strong working knowledge of supplier compliance, change control, Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR), risk management, and material controls within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Problem Solving & Statistical Analysis: Proficiency in structured problem-solving methodologies and statistical analysis tools to identify root causes and implement effective corrective actions.

About Us

As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you’re looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there’s no better place to make it happen.