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Supplier Quality Development Engineer
📅 Apr 3
Supplier Quality ManagementSupplier AuditsQuality SystemsCorrective Action
📜 Description
- Conduct supplier and certification audits, track findings, and ensure corrective actions are completed on time.
- Help manufacturing partners and sales teams meet order quality documentation requirements and support customer surveys and corrective action requests.
- Work with Supply Chain to source, select, qualify, and onboard suppliers to network standards.
- Monitor supplier capabilities and quality performance, set improvement targets, and recommend off-boarding when issues remain unresolved.
- Implement manufacturing best practices and support new technologies, materials, inspection methods, and post-processing capabilities.
- Improve supplier management and order intake processes using data-driven analysis and benchmarking.
🛠️ Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, physical science, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in a similar role.
- Understanding of quality systems and practices in a manufacturing environment, including experience in a regulated environment.
- Analytical, risk-based, and data-driven approach to quality management.
- Experience with CNC machining, injection molding, and PPAP document review.
- Lead auditor experience for ISO 9001, AS9100, or ISO 13485 is preferred.
- 3DP and/or sheet metal experience is a plus.
✨ Benefits
- Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid caregiver leave
- You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO
- Holiday Pay
- Volunteer Hours
Full job description
Be yourself at Protolabs
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace. So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply! You can help make our company even better. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself. We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams.
Why Protolabs?
We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.
Join our team as a Supplier Quality Development Engineer!
The Supplier Quality Development Engineer is responsible for the supplier quality development activities in USA and Mexico. This role involves performing manufacturing partner (MP) audits, supporting MPs in problem-solving activities, training MPs on quality tools, driving continuous improvement projects with MPs, reviewing/approving PPAP documents, and supporting MPs on complex projects. The SQDE ensures that the quality requirements of Protolabs Network (PLN) are understood throughout the supply chain and supports compliance-related activities. Additionally, they provide support to MPs and the sales team in fulfilling quality documentation requirements for orders and improving the efficiency of the order intake process related to quality review and requirements.
This role involves working closely with the Supply Chain Teams to source, select, and qualify new suppliers, as well as supporting their onboarding process in accordance with PLN standards. The SQDE will monitor and proactively drive supplier performance and maturation, focusing on quality targets and problem-solving. Additionally, they will identify and deploy the best manufacturing practices to ensure manufacturing consistency across the network.
What you will do
- Support internal and external certification audits, as well as support MP audits, to assess compliance and identify areas for improvement.
- Follow up on audit findings and actions, ensuring they are adequately addressed and closed within the specified timelines.
- Assist MPs and the sales team with orders that require quality documentation, ensuring that requirements are understood and fulfilled by the MPs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve the current systems and processes, making the order intake process more efficient in relation to quality review and requirements.
- Support customer quality & compliance surveys, corrective action requests etc.
- Collaborate with the Supply Chain Teams to source, select, and qualify new suppliers, ensuring adherence to PLN standards and requirements.
- Monitor and proactively drive supplier performance and maturation, focusing on capabilities, quality targets and problem-solving.
- Develop suppliers by identifying and implementing manufacturing best practices to ensure consistency across the network.
- Support the development of new capabilities, such as technologies, materials, inspection methodology, and post-processing options.
- Design processes to effectively manage supplier relationships and performance in a scalable manner.
- Monitor underperforming MPs closely and set clear improvement targets.
- Make data driven recommendations for off-boarding MPs that fail to correct issues.
- Benchmark and leverage best practices across the MP network.
- Utilize an analytical mindset and data-driven approach to supplier management.
- Travel of up to 30% to 50% is required for this role.
What it takes
- Ability to travel 30-50% in the US and Mexico
- A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical), physical Science, or related field, from an accredited college or university
- Understanding of Quality systems and practices in a manufacturing environment.
- 2+ years of experience in a similar role.
- An analytical and risk-based mindset and data driven approach to quality management.
- Experience in a regulated environment.
- Ideally lead auditors for ISO 9001, AS9100 or ISO 13485.
- Experience with CNC machining.
- Experience with Injection Molding.
- Nice to have: 3DP, and/or Sheet metal experience is a big plus.
- Experience reviewing PPAP documents
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