Senior Supplier Quality Engineer: Drive Quality & NPI

Carrier; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 79,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Disability coverage

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Carrier is seeking a Sr Supplier Quality Engineer in Charlotte, NC to drive supplier quality across the supply base, partnering with Sourcing, Operations, and Manufacturing Engineering to reduce defects and improve capability. You will lead NPI readiness, supplier audits, and continuous improvement initiatives, using Lean principles and data analytics to ensure uninterrupted material flow.

The role offers cross-functional collaboration and opportunities to influence Carrier Excellence (Cx)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology.
• 5+ years of manufacturing, supplier quality, quality engineering, or manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience with PPAP evaluations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own supplier quality performance for an assigned commodity or supplier portfolio.
• Monitor supplier performance using key metrics including PPM, on-time corrective actions, COPQ, and supplier scorecards.
• Lead supplier business reviews to communicate performance expectations and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop supplier improvement plans for underperforming suppliers.
• Lead containment activities for supplier quality issues impacting production or customers.
• Conduct root cause analysis using 8D, A3, 5 Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree Analysis.
• Verify effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions.
• Perform supplier process audits using ISO 9001, VDA 6.3, or Carrier standards.
• Coach suppliers on Lean manufacturing, mistake-proofing, SPC, and process capability improvement.
• Support supplier readiness for production launches and engineering changes.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Sourcing during supplier selection for NPI.
• Review PFMEA, CPs, MSA, PPAP submissions from suppliers.
• Approve production readiness prior to launch.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Materials, Procurement, and Design Engineering to resolve supplier-related issues.
• Support cost reduction initiatives while maintaining quality standards.
• Drive risk mitigation across the supply chain.
• Identify opportunities to reduce defects and improve process capability.

Skills

5+ years of manufacturing, supplier质量?

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology

Tools

PPAP evaluations

Job description

Carrier is seeking a Sr Supplier Quality Engineer in Charlotte, NC to drive supplier quality across the supply base, partnering with Sourcing, Operations, and Manufacturing Engineering to reduce defects and improve capability. You will lead NPI readiness, supplier audits, and continuous improvement initiatives, using Lean principles and data analytics to ensure uninterrupted material flow.

The role offers cross-functional collaboration and opportunities to influence Carrier Excellence (Cx)