Senior Supplier Quality Engineer – Data Center Infra

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality initiatives across electrical and mechanical infrastructure equipment in AWS data centers.

You will interface with engineering, procurement, and vendors to ensure defect-free, high-quality equipment and drive quality improvements across supplier sites. You will manage qualification programs from prototyping to mass production, perform on-site audits, and develop CPTQ parameters and inspections.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years in a quality management function with direct interaction with suppliers.
• 8+ years in Electrical, Mechanical Product manufacturing, supplier quality.
• Experience with data center operations and infrastructure equipment.
• Ability in managing multiple qualification activities and development schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain the Supplier Quality roadmap for complex electrical and or mechanical infrastructure equipment to meet the technical and quality requirements.
• Manage complete equipment lifecycle quality, working closely with suppliers, engineering, procurement and other internal stakeholders.
• Responsible for improving equipment quality by identifying and closing gaps by performing thorough on-site audits to ensure suppliers' quality systems, products, and processes are meeting AWS Quality and product specification requirements.
• Drive Supplier Quality Improvement Programs track supplier performance along with goal settings for key performance indicators.
• Develop critical to quality parameters, perform critical-to-quality inspections and functional testing for complex equipment to ensure suppliers provide defect-free, high quality equipment to AWS and its customers.
• Review historical failures, equipment design changes and lessons learned to incorporate relevant inspections & tests and update equipment technical specifications.
• Lead complex electrical and mechanical infrastructure equipment as well as critical component(s) root cause analysis, working with suppliers, cross-functional teams such as reliability and design engineering teams.
• Responsible for evaluating and validating complex root cause analysis reports from a technical perspective using critical thinking and quality principles.
• Develop new product (equipment) and/or new supplier qualification plans in terms of quality. Drive the quality program from prototyping to mass production stage for complex electrical and mechanical equipment that are part of AWS Data Centers.
• Ability to perform data analysis on failures reported during the equipment life cycle and create technical reports to provide design and specification improvement inputs and to drive improvement(s) at supplier factories.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Demonstrate a can-do attitude and thriving in a fast-paced work environment.
• Keys to success in this role include sound judgment and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• This role requires 30-50% international and domestic travel.

Skills

Quality management

Supplier interaction

Cross-functional collaboration

Electrical equipment knowledge

Mechanical equipment knowledge

Data center operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality initiatives across electrical and mechanical infrastructure equipment in AWS data centers.

You will interface with engineering, procurement, and vendors to ensure defect-free, high-quality equipment and drive quality improvements across supplier sites. You will manage qualification programs from prototyping to mass production, perform on-site audits, and develop CPTQ parameters and inspections.