Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer improving supplier and manufacturing quality for Axon’s safety devices. Auditing factories, supporting NPI, and driving process capability and yield improvements in Vietnam.
Responsibilities:
- Provide Quality Engineering support for Axon products, including Conducted Electrical Weapons, cartridges, body-worn cameras and accessories
- Work with suppliers in cooperation with Axon Design Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain
- Collaborate on selection of qualified suppliers
- Lead efforts to quantify and improve supplier performance
- Conduct new supplier assessments and onsite supplier audits
- Audit critical manufacturing and inspection processes, policies and procedures
- Ensure New Product Introduction follows established criteria and inspection plans
- Review supplier NPI yield, Jira tickets, OQC, FAIR/PPAP, DFM/DFx, PFMEA and Quality Control Plans
- Facilitate supplier PFMEA development and maintenance
- Assess supplier inspection capabilities and evaluate Cpk, Ppk and Gage R&R studies
- Establish quality goals and improvement projects; monitor supplier yield rates
- Drive month-to-month yield improvement and consistent part quality
- Monitor supplier quality performance and facilitate periodic quality/business reviews
- Develop, implement and monitor supplier quality improvement initiatives, including supplier performance forums, certification, process improvements, cost reduction and process audits
- Ensure Critical to Quality characteristics and key process parameters are monitored for process capability
Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years experiences in problem solving related to manufacturing of mechanical parts (i.e. cast metal parts, molded rubber or plastic parts, cast ceramic parts, machined and stamped parts)
- Very experienced on the NPI process and milestones, the role of SQE for NPI and the key activities in the NPI stages
- Good knowledge of quality management system (QMS) requirements, including ISO9001, ESD20.20, IATF16949, IPC-1602, IPC-A-610 or a comparable certificate and quality criteria
- Minimum five years' experience in audits utilizing ISO9001, IATF16949, VDA 6.3 or a comparable quality management system
- Excellent data analysis, root cause analysis, problem resolution and decision-making skills
- Thorough working knowledge of QC tools, methods and practices, including PPAP, SPC, DOE, PFMEA, Control Plans, GR&R, Lean Manufacturing, DMAIC and 8D Methodology
- Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills; ability to communicate with all organizational levels and build supplier relationships
- Ability to influence suppliers and internal groups
- Ability to operate in a highly dynamic environment, juggle multiple priorities and react quickly to emergencies
- Excellent time management and multitasking skills; ability to manage project milestones methodically
- Excellent written and oral communication in English
- Experience with statistical software such as QI Macros, Minitab or JMP
- Willingness to travel frequently, domestically and internationally
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial or Material Engineering (listed under preferred education, certification)
- Green/black belt, CMQ/OE, CQE and CSSBB certifications preferred















