Supplier Quality Engineer - NPI & APQP Excellence

Manpower, Inc.; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Plan

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup in Foster City, CA seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier quality from design through SOP. You will collaborate with Engineering and Strategic Sourcing to select suppliers, perform audits, and ensure manufacturability and readiness for production.

The role requires 6+ years in quality or supplier quality, with NPI experience and strong problem-solving skills (Six Sigma, 8D, Pareto, DOE, FMEA). You will lead APQP/PPAP activities and supplier quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in Quality, Supplier Quality, or Manufacturing within automotive, aviation, or medical device industries (or a combination of supplier quality and internal plant quality development).
• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI), including creating and improving quality systems.
• Proficiency with problem-solving and quality methods such as Six-Sigma, 8-Discipline, Pareto Charts, Regression Analysis, ANOVA, DOE, Fish Bone Analysis, and Red-X.
• Working knowledge of quality and automotive systems such as ISO 9000 and IATF 16949, plus core process control tools (Process Flow Diagrams, Process FMEAs, Process Control Plans, SPC, MSA, Process Capability).

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering and Strategic Sourcing managers to select suppliers by conducting detailed supplier process assessments/audits and providing actionable feedback for final selection.
• Collaborate with suppliers on technical design elements by performing CAD model and print reviews to assess design for manufacturability and support development of new manufacturing techniques when needed.
• Lead the Supplier Industrialization Roadmap (SIR), including product and process development activities and capability assessments at supplier manufacturing sites.
• Identify required supplier Capex equipment, tooling, and fixturing aligned to project timelines, and drive qualification activities to verify and validate tooling and fixturing.
• Own supplier quality execution across APQP through PPAP submission and through SOP (start of production), including training and setup in the client's Supplier quality Portal and review of prototype/production quality documentation.

Skills

Six Sigma

8D Problem Solving

Pareto Analysis

Regression Analysis

ANOVA

DOE

Fishbone Analysis

Red-X

ISO 9000

IATF 16949

Process FMEAs

SPC

MSA

Process Capability

APQP

PPAP

Job description

ManpowerGroup in Foster City, CA seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer to drive supplier quality from design through SOP. You will collaborate with Engineering and Strategic Sourcing to select suppliers, perform audits, and ensure manufacturability and readiness for production.

The role requires 6+ years in quality or supplier quality, with NPI experience and strong problem-solving skills (Six Sigma, 8D, Pareto, DOE, FMEA). You will lead APQP/PPAP activities and supplier quality improvements.