Supplier Quality Engineer IV - Remote Pacifics, Southwest Location 50% Travel

TE Connectivity Ltd.; United States; On-site; USD 121,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking an Advanced Supplier Quality Engineer IV to ensure supplier materials, processes, and finished products meet quality standards. You will lead CAPAs, perform advanced analyses, and drive supplier improvements across TE locations and customers.

Requirements include 8+ years in supplier/manufacturing quality, APQP/PPAP experience, and strong leadership with bilingual English/Spanish abilities. Travel 50%+ is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field; master's preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of supplier or manufacturing quality experience.
• Strong knowledge of supplier audits, CAPA, and APQP/PPAP.
• Willingness to travel ≥50% (60%+ feasible).
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced inspections, audits, root cause analysis, CAPA, and evaluate supplier materials.
• Analyze quality data to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate incoming materials at supplier locations through testing and assessments.
• Develop and improve supplier scorecards tracking quality, delivery, and responsiveness.
• Lead supplier corrective actions (CAPA) and verify effectiveness.
• Collaborate with TE plants/customers to implement preventive controls.
• Travel to supplier sites to drive performance improvements.

Skills

Supplier quality engineering

Root cause analysis

APQP knowledge

PPAP elements

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

First Article Inspection

Statistical analysis

Influence suppliers

Leadership & communication

Bi-Lingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

8D

Fishbone

5 Whys

Job description

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Job Overview

The Advanced Supplier Quality Engineer IV is responsible for ensuring supplier materials, processes, and finished products meet company quality standards. This role performs advanced inspections, audits, root cause identification, corrective action review and acceptance, and data analysis while driving supplier performance improvements and long-term quality excellence.

Please note: This position will involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware, or other items (collectively items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE to verify a candidate's national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing its technologies to the candidate. If TE determines that TE will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then TE expressly reserves the right to either a) make an offer of employment contingent upon TE receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency, b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions TE shall establish in its sole discretion, or c) decline to move forward with the candidate's application.

Job Requirements

• Conduct advanced inspections, audits, root cause identification, corrective action review and acceptance, and evaluations of supplier materials and processes to ensure compliance with TE quality standards
• Analyze quality data and performance trends to identify risks, root causes, and improvement opportunities
• Evaluate incoming materials and components at supplier location through testing and assessments to detect quality issues early
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve supplier scorecards to track performance metrics (quality, delivery, responsiveness)
• Lead supplier corrective actions (CAPA), including root cause analysis, containment, and preventive measures to reduce nonconforming material from reaching TE locations.
• Monitor and verify effectiveness of supplier corrective actions and drive accountability at the supplier
• Partner with suppliers to improve performance through coaching, mentoring, assessments, inspections, auditing, and training initiatives
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, and procurement teams to resolve quality issues and implement preventive controls
• Ability to Travel >60%

What Your Background Should Look Like

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Quality, or a related field (master's preferred)
• Certifications in Quality Engineering preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or related field
• Required 50% travel
• Strong experience with:
  • Supplier audits (process, system, and product)
  • Root cause identification and analysis methods (8D, Fishbone, 5 Whys)
  • Statistical analysis and quality tools
  • Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) knowledge and experience
  • Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) elements
  • Lean Six Sigma Certification and Training (Green Belt minimum preferred)
  • First Article Inspection (FAI) Processes
  • Must be a self-starter with the ability to analyze requirements and develop a plan to resolve issues at suppliers, TE Plants, and customers
• Demonstrated ability to influence suppliers and drive performance improvements
• Demonstrated leadership skills; especially soft skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Bi-Lingual, strong understanding and ability to read, write, and translate Spanish and English.

About Te Connectivity

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.

Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Compensation

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $120,900 - 151,100 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.