Supplier Development Quality Engineer

Position Title: Supplier Development Quality Engineer

Work Location: Scarborough, Maine, 04074

Assignment Duration: 12 Months

Work Schedule: (1st shift) 8am-5pm, Monday - Friday, some overtime may be required

Pay Range: $39.37 - 42.85/ Hourly

Position Summary:

Drives supplier quality performance, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation across the supply base.

Acts as a key technical contributor partnering across functions to ensure supplier capabilities meet product, regulatory, and business requirements.

Leads supplier quality activities and influences outcomes without direct authority.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support onboarding of suppliers, including validation and readiness activities

• Contribute to supplier improvement plans to address performance gaps

• Collaborate with suppliers to improve process capability and product quality

• Track supplier quality metrics (PPM, defect rates, yield, escapes) and perform trend analysis

• Monitor supplier performance and identify risks and systemic issues

• Support supplier reviews and follow-up on improvement actions

• Investigate supplier-related defects, incoming issues, and field failures

• Own supplier nonconformance management, including containment, resolution, and closure of supplier-related issues

• Support root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)

• Drive and own supplier corrective actions, ensuring timely and effective implementation and verification of effectiveness

• Communicate supplier quality issues and track resolution progress

• Support development and maintenance of inspection procedures and acceptance criteria

• Assist in optimizing incoming inspection strategies based on risk

• Provide guidance to inspection teams as needed

• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Quality teams

• Provide input to supplier-related quality decisions

• Participate in cross-functional problem-solving efforts

• Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement

• Own supplier change management processes, including review, risk assessment, approval, and implementation of supplier-initiated changes

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree

• Engineering or related field

• Equivalent combination of education and experience

• 2–4 years

• Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or related experience

• Supplier Development Quality Engineer responsible for activities related to supplier selection and evaluation, material qualification, supplier performance and receiving inspection

• Contributes to the development, establishment and maintenance of supplier quality engineering methodologies, systems and practices which meet regulatory requirements.

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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $39.37/hr - $42.85/hr.