Quality Engineer: Supplier & Customer Quality Expert

Orange Ev Llc; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange EV is seeking a Quality Engineer in Kansas City, KS to own quality outcomes across the product lifecycle. The role blends Supplier Quality Engineering and Customer Quality Engineering to reduce defects at the source and rapidly resolve field issues.

You'll work with Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Service to tighten supplier controls, lead 8D investigations, and monitor quality KPIs. Travel to supplier sites is occasional.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of quality engineering experience in supplier and customer/field quality roles.
• Proficient with PPAP, APQP, FMEA, 8D, root cause analysis and control plans.
• Experience conducting supplier audits or assessments and corrective actions.
• Experience solving field or customer quality issues with warranty/field data.
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of SPC, Cpk/Ppk.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across suppliers, customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality activities, including incoming inspection oversight and supplier audits/assessments.
• Drive SCARs and root cause analysis for supplier nonconformances.
• Monitor supplier performance with scorecards and quality trends.
• Review supplier control plans and FMEAs and support supplier development for quality and cost.
• Investigate and resolve customer-reported quality issues with Service and Engineering.
• Lead 8D for field and warranty issues and verify effectiveness.
• Analyze warranty/field data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain and improve the quality management system and related docs.
• Support internal audits and continuous improvement activities (Lean, Six Sigma, kaizen).
• Apply SPC to monitor process and product performance and report KPIs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written and verbal communication

Statistical quality tools

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

PPAP

APQP

FMEA

8D

Root cause analysis

Control plans

Job description

Orange EV is seeking a Quality Engineer in Kansas City, KS to own quality outcomes across the product lifecycle. The role blends Supplier Quality Engineering and Customer Quality Engineering to reduce defects at the source and rapidly resolve field issues.

You'll work with Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Service to tighten supplier controls, lead 8D investigations, and monitor quality KPIs. Travel to supplier sites is occasional.