Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

At HiArc, we believe clients don’t need another vendor; they need a strategic partner who gets it. One who listens harder, thinks deeper, and builds smarter—around their needs, products, and goals. HiArc engineers and manufactures complex medical technologies with one goal in mind: creating the perfect fit for our clients. No off-the-shelf thinking. No compromises. Just a tailored, high-performance solution our clients need, the way they need it. That’s why HiArc is the most client-centered partner in the market. We fuse design, engineering, and manufacturing into a seamless, collaborative process—crafted entirely around our clients. We operate as an extension of our clients' teams, de-risking their processes and accelerating their path to market. And the result is a solution you won’t find anywhere else.

Join our team! We hire experts in hardware and software design, robotics, optics, fluidics, chemistry integration, motion and thermal control, risk management, supply chain management, performance testing, advanced manufacturing techniques, finance, human resources, sales, and marketing.

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Job Summary

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer works on behalf of HiARC to provide direction and oversight of HiARC's suppliers. Work in a team environment with suppliers to develop and implement best practices that emphasize defect prevention, reduction in variation and waste, and provide for continuous improvements in meeting all customer requirements. Collect root cause analysis and provide corrective feedback to prevent line stops due to supply issues. Manage the customer-specific requirements and offer technical support to suppliers. Responsible for ensuring that the products produced meet quality standards required to minimize quality costs and maximize customer satisfaction whilst ensuring that procedures and processes are adhered to. Maintain the robustness of product builds following new product introductions to ensure continuity and improvement in supplier capability. Manage the customer-specific requirements and offer technical support. Work on multiple phases or sub-tasks of projects or entire projects of high complexity, with results impacting on project completion. He/she must demonstrate attention to detail, strong Lean Principles, analytical skills, documentation, processes, and excellent verbal / written communication.

Responsibilities And Tasks

• Perform Supplier evaluation audits, supplier support and supplier advanced quality planning (AQP)
• Manage supplier performance by monitoring of quality, delivery, and cost metrics and developing corrective action plans when appropriate
• Review potential suppliers for acceptability to ASL
• Support the evaluation/classification of suppliers
• Work with the supplier directly to support business requirements: Non-Conforming Material Reports (NCMR’s) and Supplier Corrective Actions (SCAR’s)
• Facilitate root cause analysis and corrective actions of supplier quality issues, Identify and recommends processes, procedures, and equipment
• Audit suppliers for root cause analysis and verification of correction actions of supplier quality issues
• Interact with Supplier to ensure timely Non-Conforming Material Reports (NCMR’s) and Supplier Corrective Actions (SCAR’s), including effectiveness and verification
• Work with Design and Manufacturing Engineering teams to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements
• Supporting complete and accurate documentation of inspection results as defined by regulations, product specifications or Control Plans, Part Approval Process or product warrant submission
• Review supplier manufacturing processes, collaborate with suppliers on process improvement and value enhancement opportunities
• Promote the use of preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Lean, Poka-Yoke, Measurement System Analysis, and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Provide leadership to identification and development of suppliers with respect to technology, performance, quality, cost, logistics, and delivery through the application of professionally accepted techniques, practices and procedures
  
  

Competencies

• Supplier Audit
• Quality Systems, Standards, and Methodology
• Continuous Improvement: Lean principals, 5S plus 1, P/FMEA, Visual Factory
• Problem Analysis & Solving
• Product Design & Development
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Human Factors, Ergonomics and Safety
• Enterprise-wide Systems Integration (PLM, MRP, MES, ERP, etc.)
• Failure Analysis
• Engineering specifications - Schematics, Layouts, prints
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical) and 5 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment. Electrical Engineering degree preferred
• Proficient in the above competencies and or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, analytical, communication and presentation skills
• Lead Auditor Certification ISO 9001 and 13485 preferred
• Lean Green belt preferred
• Innovative & Creative
• Medical Device Industry experience preferred
• Proficient with Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office programs
• Experience with Mini-tab application plus
• Experience working with suppliers of PCBAs and other electrical components is highly preferred
• Requires daily onsite presence
  
  

Here Are Some Of The Great Benefits We Offer

• Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
• Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future
• Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
• Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
• Flexible Vacation & PTO
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Employee Referral Program
• Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identify Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
• Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees
  
  

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. HiArc, an Elbit America company, is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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