Senior Component Engineer: Supplier & NPD Harness Lead

Protingent; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HDHP plan

POS plan

Education reimbursement

Pre-tax commuter benefits

PTO

401k plan

Job summary

Protingent is seeking a Component Engineer 3 in Sunnyvale, CA on a contract basis to collaborate with NPD, procure custom cables, support proto builds, and drive supplier root-cause analysis for harness issues.

You will develop harness standards and design guidelines, qualify suppliers, and manage changes while delivering PFMEA/QC documentation and CAPA actions. Collaboration with sourcing and engineering is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work with NPD to procure custom cables ensuring DFM to achieve quality and cost targets
• Support NPD with proto builds and track material readiness at Supplier
• Drive supplier rootcause analysis for cable harness failures
• Mitigate risks and ensure supply continuity by evaluating capacity, lead times and quality issues
• Develop and maintain harness standards, specifications, and design guidelines
• Work with Strategic sourcing to evaluate new suppliers and new supplier manufacturing sites
• Complete project/ part qualification deliverables including Supplier pfMEA, IQ/OQ/PQ, Inspection Reports, Gage R&R, and Process Capability Analysis
• Work with suppliers to execute cost reductions, capacity improvements, and risk mitigation
• Select the right process and supplier for the part, considering long-term fit and total cost of ownership
• Manage supplier changes including manufacturing process changes, production optimization, facility changes, new equipment qualification, and new line validations
• Drive changes to the requirements as necessary by initiating and managing changes to specifications and drawings through the engineering change order process
• Own and drive to closure supplier variances from symptom through root cause analysis to corrective action, including careful CAPA documentation
• Effectively prioritize and advance multiple concurrent projects and tasks
• Clearly communicate project status to key stakeholders
• Build, own, and relentlessly pursue a vision for developing suppliers
• Understand proper level of documentation detail for tracking of actions and justification of decisions
• Generate key metrics for the team and suppliers, and continually drive for timely achievement of those metrics
• Drive suppliers to continually improve their business and manufacturing process performance to meet Intuitive’s requirements for supplier excellence using a collection of best practices in project management, Six Sigma, Lean, SPC and negotiation. Lead these efforts without managerial guidance at several suppliers simultaneously
• Implement corrective and preventive actions for supplier process by driving supplier’s investigations and root cause analysis
• Provide effective and timely supply base health information and recommendation to management by creating and delivering data-driven supply base information to any level of management with little or no guidance
• Prepare and deliver supplier communications as required by independently working with suppliers on scorecard creation
• Work with suppliers and engineering for the new product introduction to:
• Create product supplier landscapes to determine launch readiness and report to management.
• Develop supplier ramp readiness plans by judging business risk based on forecast, supplier capacity, quality performance, and process capability.
• DFM by engaging suppliers early in development cycle to feedback manufacturability improvements in the designs prior to production.
• Influence and guide Engineering in choosing suppliers by determining selection criteria for preferred suppliers and leading the team effort to evaluate preferred suppliers.
• Review, analyze and close customer complaints, manufacturing variance requests, and first article inspections by judging risk analyses and justifications.

Job description

Protingent is seeking a Component Engineer 3 in Sunnyvale, CA on a contract basis to collaborate with NPD, procure custom cables, support proto builds, and drive supplier root-cause analysis for harness issues.

You will develop harness standards and design guidelines, qualify suppliers, and manage changes while delivering PFMEA/QC documentation and CAPA actions. Collaboration with sourcing and engineering is essential.