Sr. Prin. Supplier Technical Engineer ( Full-time ) Whitehall, MI - DK

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

- Review yield issues and collaborate with the supplier to improve performance.

- Partner closely with Quality Engineering, Design Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations.

- Evaluate manufacturing processes, tooling, and process controls to ensure compliance with engineering specifications.

- Review drawings, models, and technical requirements with suppliers to resolve ambiguity and ensure manufacturability.

- Provide on-site technical support while representing Solar’s interests at the supplier.

- Support Material Review Board (MRB) assessments and supplier-side dispositions.

- Validate effectiveness of corrective action activities.

- Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical field. (Mechanical Engineering preferred)

• Experience in manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, production engineering.

• Investment casting experience

• Ability to read and interpret engineering specifications

• Experience creating material documents to submit to the Material Review Board (MRB) team.

• Experience in documenting design requirement deviations

• Understanding of Inspection processes

  • Basic fixtures and gages

  • 3D Scan process familiarity

  • CMM Report & understanding

  • Digital comparator

  • ANSI Y14.5

Preferred Experience:

• Internally cooled gas turbine cast airfoil design or manufacturing (casting or post cast) experience

• Non-conforming material evaluation & disposition experience

• Machining experience with basic understanding of required post casting operations to make a finished machined part. 

• Ability to document

  • Design requirement deviations

  • PPAP qualification packages

• Continuous Improvement; Lean / six sigma black or green belt experiences

• Ability to collaborate cross functionally.

Salary : $128,470 - $192,710