Senior VQM Engineer

We are a leading company in the wireless broadband communications industry looking for talented professionals with a winning attitude.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Supplier Quality Development

• Establish supplier quality management frameworks and evaluation mechanisms.
• Conduct new supplier qualification, certification, and onboarding activities.
• Participate in supplier selection and risk assessment activities.
• Establish supplier quality performance metrics.

2. Supplier Quality Assurance

• Monitor supplier quality performance.
• Conduct supplier audits and quality assessments.
• Ensure supplied materials comply with quality specifications and requirements.
• Manage supplier quality issues and improvement activities.

3. Supplier Quality Improvement

• Lead supplier CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) improvement activities.
• Track corrective action progress for major quality issues.
• Drive supplier continuous quality improvement programs.
• Improve supplier quality maturity and capability.

4. Risk Management

• Conduct supplier risk analysis and monitoring activities.
• Establish supplier quality risk early-warning mechanisms.
• Support supply chain change management activities.
• Prevent supplier-related issues from impacting manufacturing operations.

5. Cross-functional Partnership

• Collaborate with Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams.
• Participate in supply chain implementation and strategic planning activities.
• Provide supplier quality expertise and recommendations.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of supplier quality experience in EMS, networking products, automotive electronics, or industrial electronics manufacturing.
• Experience in supplier qualification, auditing, and quality improvement.
• Experience managing global suppliers and cross-functional projects.
• Experience supporting factory start-up, supplier localization, or overseas manufacturing operations is preferred.
• Professional Expertise: Supplier Quality Management, Quality Management Systems, Supplier Auditing, Supplier Qualification
• PFMEA/SPC/MSA/CAPA/8D/RCA, Risk Management, Change Management, Statistical Analysis, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), ISO 9001, Supplier Performance Management
• Languages: Chinese, English , Spanish is a plus

Primary Working Location:

Texas, United States

Education

Bachelor - Degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or related fields (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Information Engineering, depending on the assigned MRO category)

Work Experience

Language

Skills

ISO/TS 16949 Technical Specification, ISO 9000, Process Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Supplier Evaluations, Supplier Identification And Selection, Supplier Process Improvement, Supplier Quality Management, Vendor Contracts, Vendor Performance Monitoring