Supplier Quality Engineer – NPI & Continuous Improvement

Atomic Machines Inc.; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Atomic Machines is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to establish scalable supplier quality processes for its Matter Compiler platform. You will partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and external suppliers to ensure product performance, manufacturability, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate has 3–6+ years in supplier quality in manufacturing, hands-on PPAP and RCCA, and familiarity with DFM, PLM/MES/ERP.

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years in supplier quality in manufacturing.
• Experience with supplier qualification, audits, incoming inspection, PPAP, and supplier scorecards.
• RCCA methodologies (FMEA, 8D, 5 Whys) and statistics for failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own supplier quality for assigned commodities from qualification to volume production.
• Qualify new suppliers and parts; lead supplier assessments, first article inspection, and PPAP.
• Perform on-site and remote supplier audits, document findings, and drive closure of corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain incoming inspection plans, test requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Disposition non-conforming material and lead MRB activity for supplier-caused issues.
• Lead structured problem-solving with suppliers (8D, RCA, FMEA, 5 Whys) and verify corrective actions.
• Maintain supplier scorecards and quality KPIs and present trends in quality reviews.
• Track recurring supplier issues, perform root cause analysis, and escalate systemic risks.
• Close the loop between manufacturing and suppliers by feeding line-side defect data back into supplier corrective action.
• Support customer quality concerns traceable to supplied material, including RCCA content for customer presentations.
• Partner with engineering on DFM and specification reviews; participate in design reviews for assigned components.

Skills

Supplier quality

Quality engineering

Audit experience

PPAP

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Physics

Tools

PLM

MES

ERP systems

Job description

Atomic Machines is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to establish scalable supplier quality processes for its Matter Compiler platform. You will partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and external suppliers to ensure product performance, manufacturability, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate has 3–6+ years in supplier quality in manufacturing, hands-on PPAP and RCCA, and familiarity with DFM, PLM/MES/ERP.