Lead Supplier Quality Engineer for High-Volume Electronics

Amazon Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo seeks a Principal Supplier Quality Engineer to drive quality assurance across a large electronics and mechanical parts supply chain. You will lead APQP, design for excellence, and upstream quality activities to prevent defects early in development.

The role requires systems thinking, strong analytical skills, and a passion for developing suppliers to produce high-quality hardware in volume, with collaboration across engineering, manufacturing and sourcing teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent field
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• 5+ years of data interpretation and analysis to influence stakeholders experience
• 7+ years' experience with high volume manufacturing & assembly engineering of complex products in an automotive, consumer or aerospace manufacturing environment producing multi-disciplinary hardware products
• 7+ years’ experience with complex quality management systems, and APQP
• Proficient in ISO 9001 / AS9100 / IATF 16949 requirements

Responsibilities

• Own the quality elements in Leo's Product Development Process
• Optimize supplier quality mechanisms for designing in quality into the supply chain
• Lead the application of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) tools in the PDP
• Collaborate with engineering, suppliers, supply chain, and manufacturing to optimize Design for Excellence
• Move quality checks upstream and eliminate the need to inspect quality into the product by achieving high process capability
• Foster a culture of quality, improvement and learning with Leo

Skills

Quality assurance

Data interpretation

APQP experience

High-volume manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent field

Tools

APQP tools

ISO 9001 / AS9100 / IATF 16949

Job description

Amazon Leo seeks a Principal Supplier Quality Engineer to drive quality assurance across a large electronics and mechanical parts supply chain. You will lead APQP, design for excellence, and upstream quality activities to prevent defects early in development.

The role requires systems thinking, strong analytical skills, and a passion for developing suppliers to produce high-quality hardware in volume, with collaboration across engineering, manufacturing and sourcing teams.