Senior Supplier Quality Engineer: Data Center Infra

Amazon Inc.; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality programs for AWS data center infrastructure. You will own the supplier quality roadmap, coordinate with engineering, procurement and vendors, and drive improvements across the equipment lifecycle to ensure defect-free, high-quality systems.

Travel 30-50% is expected. The role requires 8+ years in quality management related to electrical & mechanical equipment and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering

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

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 thrive 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

Supplier quality

Quality management

Data center operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality programs for AWS data center infrastructure. You will own the supplier quality roadmap, coordinate with engineering, procurement and vendors, and drive improvements across the equipment lifecycle to ensure defect-free, high-quality systems.

Travel 30-50% is expected. The role requires 8+ years in quality management related to electrical & mechanical equipment and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering