Title: Supplier Corrective Action Engineer
Location: Washington, DC - Philadelphia, PA - New York, NY - Boston, MA and/or Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Investigate supplier quality issues to determine if Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) needed and initiate as needed.
• Facilitate routine changes to supplier status and ensure all required activities are complete.
• Collaborate with the Purchasing Department to ensure supplier performance is regularly reported and the appropriate corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner.
• Travel to supplier locations to facilitate the resolution of quality problems.
• Act as Quality liaison for supply chain to disposition all supplier Non-Conformances related to routine material.
• Review and communicate supplier requests for engineering changes for routine material or new products.
• Initiate and coordinate supplier communication to implement or revise Supplier Quality Agreements
• Review and communicate supplier requests for engineering changes for new products/supply continuity.
• Ensure Quality compliance throughout affected areas.
• Initiate and coordinate supplier communication to implement or revise Distribution Agreements.
• Assist in establishing and ensuring completion of department and corporate goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish criteria for First Article Inspections of custom materials.
• Assist in Supplier scorecard data gathering and completion.
• Assist Manufacturing Departments in the evaluation and qualification of materials from existing suppliers.
• Facilitate administrative changes to supplier status and ensure all required activities are complete.
• Develop incoming material sampling plans based on risk.
• Facilitate complex changes to supplier status and ensure all required activities are complete.
• Act as lead for changes to raw materials, suppliers, distributors.
• Represent Supplier Quality in Non-production Material projects.
• Provide Supplier Quality support during Notified Body Inspections.
• Compile data for trending and analysis of supplier defects, recurring problems, and supplier corrective actions.
• Assist Supplier Quality in New Product Development projects.
• Report data for trending and analysis of supplier defects, recurring problems, supplier corrective actions and initiate remediation activities as necessary.
• Approve criteria for First Article Inspections of custom materials.
• Act as Supplier Quality subject matter expert (SME) during Notified Body inspections.
• Generate and maintain the Supplier Quality Agreement templates, in line with regulatory requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 4-6 years in Engineering or related field.
• Previous experience in a regulated industry is preferred.
• Previous auditing experience required.
• Professional certification(s) such as CMDA, CQA, CQE strongly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good collaborative skills and ability to work with both suppliers and internal staff.