Senior Supplier Engineer: Manufacturing & NPI Excellence

DGN Technologies; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DGN Technologies in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Supplier Engineer to ensure suppliers reliably support plant production by meeting quality, delivery, capacity, cost, and service requirements. This role serves as the primary technical interface between the plant and suppliers to resolve line-impacting issues and drive continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Engineering, and Procurement to drive supplier performance, qualify processes, support NPI, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 2–5 years of experience in Supplier Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with NPI, production scaling, and high-volume manufacturing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical interface between plant manufacturing teams and suppliers for quality issues, line disruptions, yield loss, delivery concerns, and capacity constraints.
• Lead supplier issue resolution from containment through root cause investigation and corrective/preventive action implementation.
• Support manufacturing operations by investigating and resolving supplier-related deviations, variances, nonconformances, and first article issues.
• Monitor supplier performance across quality, delivery, responsiveness, and manufacturing stability, driving improvement where gaps exist.
• Support uninterrupted production by proactively managing supplier risks and escalating critical issues appropriately.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Technical problem solving

Data-driven decisions

Process capability

Lean Six Sigma

SPC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Biomedical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Minitab

CAD/3D Modeling

ERP systems

Job description

DGN Technologies in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Supplier Engineer to ensure suppliers reliably support plant production by meeting quality, delivery, capacity, cost, and service requirements. This role serves as the primary technical interface between the plant and suppliers to resolve line-impacting issues and drive continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Planning, Engineering, and Procurement to drive supplier performance, qualify processes, support NPI, and