Supplier Quality Engineering
Job Number: 11656
External Description:
About this role:
The Supplier Quality Engineer ensures purchased materials and components meet Carrier's quality requirements. This role qualifies suppliers, drives corrective actions and improves incoming quality through on-site development and structured problem-solving.
Key Responsibilities:
- Qualifies new suppliers and parts through APQP, PPAP and first-article inspection.
- Drives supplier corrective actions (SCAR/8D) and verifies effectiveness.
- Conducts supplier audits and on-site process assessments.
- Monitors and improves incoming quality performance (supplier PPM, defect trends).
- Manages non-conforming material disposition, containment and recovery plans.
- Partners with Sourcing and Engineering on supplier selection and development.
- Supports supplier readiness for new-product launches.
- Maintains supplier quality documentation, control plans and records.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of supplier quality or quality engineering experience in manufacturing.
- Ability and willingness to provide direct production support, including weekend shifts and/or 24/7 on-call coverage.
- AIAG certification.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Quality Engineering, or a related field.
- Six Sigma Green Belt and/or ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification.
- Practical experience applying core automotive/quality tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA) and control plans.
- Experience driving supplier corrective actions (SCAR/8D) to closure and verifying root-cause effectiveness.
- Experience conducting supplier audits and process assessments.
- Experience with statistical analysis tools (e.g., Minitab).
- Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and quality inspection standards.
- Supplier quality experience with sheet metal, castings, electronics, or electro-mechanical commodities.
Job Number: 30218444
Community / Marketing Title: Supplier Quality Engineering
Location_formattedLocationLong: Texas, US