Senior Supplier Quality & Development Engineer

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,500 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Stock awards

Benefits package

Job summary

Applied Materials is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier onboarding, audits, and performance management in a fast-paced, high-tech environment in Santa Clara, CA.

You will drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement with supplier teams, ensuring readiness for new product introductions and ongoing quality performance across the supply base.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, process engineering, or related supplier management roles.
• Experience with mechanical parts, electronic assemblies, precision machining, welding, surface treatment, cleaning, assembly, or high-technology manufacturing processes is preferred.
• Strong understanding of ISO 9001 and supplier audit practices.

Responsibilities

• Supplier engagement and onboarding: participate in supplier selection to build a competitive supply base; conduct supplier audits and drive improvements.
• Supplier quality and incident management: perform root cause analysis and corrective actions; support manufacturing and field service teams for supplier-related incidents.
• New product development: collaborate with NPD teams to ensure engineering drawing requirements are clear and communicated to suppliers; assess technical requirements and conduct supplier audits for new products.
• Supplier performance management: establish and monitor supplier KPIs (quality, delivery, cost); drive performance reviews and corrective actions.
• Corrective and preventive action management: lead supplier corrective actions and verify effectiveness and containment.
• Supplier development and risk mitigation: identify capability gaps and develop improvement plans; review readiness and mitigate risks.

Skills

Data analysis

Read engineering drawings

Supplier engagement

Project management

Quality mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science

Tools

8D

5 Why

Fishbone analysis

FMEA

SPC

MSA

Process capability analysis

Control plans

PDCA

Job description

Applied Materials is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier onboarding, audits, and performance management in a fast-paced, high-tech environment in Santa Clara, CA.

You will drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement with supplier teams, ensuring readiness for new product introductions and ongoing quality performance across the supply base.