Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Asia

Waters Corporation; Singapore; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to oversee supplier quality assurance and ensure high-quality products. This role involves building long-term relationships with suppliers, managing quality audits, and collaborating on failure analysis and corrective actions. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, extensive experience in supplier quality management, and a solid understanding of PCB processes. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will contribute to maintaining the highest quality standards in manufacturing and supply chain operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Supplier Quality/Quality Engineering in manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of PCB manufacturing and test processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships to ensure quality and operational goals.
• Conduct supplier audits and oversee quality assurance activities.

Skills

Supplier Quality Management

Root Cause Analysis

Quality Assurance

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Engineering degree in electro-mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

ISO 9001

ISO 13485

Job description

Overview

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible to oversee and manage Waters’s suppliers’ Quality Assurance with the intent to deliver high quality products and/or services to Waters and Waters’ Contract Manufacturers.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain long term win-win relationships with Asia suppliers to ensure understanding and fulfilment of Waters’ quality and operations’ Quality Scorecard indicators.
• Coordinate and manage supplier relationships alongside sister plants and contract manufacturers (CM).
• Ensure the effectiveness of Asia suppliers' escalation activities to minimize risk to Waters business and operations.
• Collaborate with the supplier in failure analysis, root cause analysis, and corrective action plans.
• Support Operations, Supply Chain, and contract manufacturers to resolve supplier technical issues and implement SCAR action effectively.
• Act as Waters QA approval for CMs’ First Article Inspection buy off and Part Acceptance activities.
• Regularly communicate with Operations and Supply Chain to identify improvement opportunities/projects for COPQ, Quality, and Productivity.
• Plan, manage, and execute an effective Asia supplier audits program and supplier process/product change notification (PCN) program.
• Participate in internal/external quality audit activities.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree preferably in electro-mechanical, electrical engineering, or PCB related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Supplier Quality/Quality Engineering capacity in a manufacturing or CM environment.
• Good understanding of PCB manufacturing and test processes.
• Working knowledge in ISO 9001 and/or ISO 13485.
• QMS Auditor/Lead Auditor experience.
• Proven experience in efficient supplier quality management and governance.
• Proven experience in managing supplier quality escalation, containment, and counter measures.
• Ability to travel as required.