Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer
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Job description
About the Position
We're seeking a Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer to provide dedicated quality engineering support for DDN's manufacturing and component supplier base.
Location
- City: Chatsworth
- Country: United States
Employment Type
- Type: Full-time
- Location Type: On-site
Department
- Department: G&A Manufacturing Quality Control
Compensation
- Salary Range: $95K – $110K per year
- Offers: Equity, Bonus
Responsibilities
- Monitor and drive supplier quality performance, production yield, defect trends, DMRs, SCARs, and recurring quality issues.
- Lead supplier corrective-action activities, including 8D/SCAR review, root-cause validation, containment, corrective-action implementation, and effectiveness verification.
- Lead and conduct routine, risk-based, and issue-driven supplier/process audits.
- Work with supplier Quality and Engineering teams to investigate manufacturing and field failures and prevent recurrence.
- Support supplier NPI, FAI, qualification, production ramp, and manufacturing-readiness activities.
- Evaluate manufacturing, inspection, and test processes and drive improvements for defect prevention and continuous improvement.
- Analyze supplier quality data to identify systemic trends and emerging risks.
- Coordinate cross-functional resolution of significant supplier quality issues and support focused Tiger Team activities as needed.
- Partner with Receiving and Production Quality to improve incoming inspection and containment strategies.
- Drive improvements in supplier traceability, process controls, workmanship, inspection/test coverage, and change-control discipline.
- Conduct supplier performance reviews and escalate significant quality concerns as appropriate.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline preferred.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Quality Engineering, or a related engineering role.
- Skills:
- Strong knowledge of root-cause analysis, 8D, CAPA/SCAR, supplier auditing, manufacturing process controls, FAI/NPI, and corrective-action effectiveness.
- Experience with electronics manufacturing, contract manufacturers, PCBA, server/storage systems, or complex electromechanical products preferred.
- Strong technical problem-solving and data-analysis skills.
- Ability to independently evaluate supplier RCA/FA findings and challenge unsupported conclusions using objective technical evidence.
- Demonstrated ability to lead supplier corrective-action and continuous-improvement activities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across suppliers, Engineering, Operations, and management.
- Ability to travel to supplier manufacturing locations as required.
- Experience supporting supplier quality for HPC, enterprise data storage, AI infrastructure, or server-class hardware is highly desirable.
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Equity
- Bonus
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
About the Company
DDN is a leading company in the data storage industry, dedicated to providing high-performance solutions for enterprise data storage, AI infrastructure, and server-class hardware.
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DataDirect Networks (DDN.com) is a world leader in massively-scalable storage platforms and solutions engineered for the Big Data and Cloud era. Our storage, processing solutions and professional services enable content-rich and high-data growth environments to achieve the highest levels of systems performance, scalability and efficiency.In solving today’s Big Data lifecycle management challenges at scale, DDN enables organizations to maximize the value of their information, everywhere. As the technology behind the world’s leading data-driven organizations, our customers include online content and social networking providers, high performance cloud and grid computing, life sciences, financial services, media production houses and security and intelligence agencies.
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