Supplier Quality Engineer - Senior
Cummins India
Date: 15 hours ago
City: Remote, Remote
Contract type: Full time
Remote
Description
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Skills and Experience:
Organization Cummins Inc.
Role Category Remote
Job Type Exempt - Experienced
ReqID 2415022
Relocation Package Yes
Key Responsibilities:
- Build Relationships: Develop strong relationships with external suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders such as Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Engineering.
- Supplier Selection: Support the cross-functional supplier selection process for components.
- Process Validation: Collaborate with external suppliers to ensure manufacturing processes conform to engineering standards and customer requirements.
- Quality Planning: Apply Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) processes, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) tools, and Cummins specialty tools to develop zero defect components.
- Continuous Improvement: Contribute to product and process improvement projects using methodologies like lean and six-sigma.
- Supplier Audits: Conduct audits to mitigate risks, ensure readiness, and improve performance.
- Quality Improvement: Support quality improvement plans to enhance supplier performance.
- Problem Resolution: Lead root cause analysis, develop corrective actions, and verify their effectiveness.
Qualifications:
- Education: College, university, or equivalent degree in Engineering or a related technical or scientific subject.
- Licensing: May require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
- Communication: Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of different audiences' needs.
- Customer Focus: Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
- Auditing: Apply auditing skills and Quality Management Systems knowledge to appraise manufacturing processes.
- Technical Interpretation: Apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing principles and Engineering Standards to interpret technical requirements.
- Process Design: Design manufacturing processes that consistently meet technical and customer requirements.
- Process Validation: Use core Automotive tools (DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, SPC, MSA, Source Release, PPAP) to validate manufacturing processes.
- Measurement Design: Design measurement systems that meet industry and customer requirements.
- Problem Solving: Use systematic analysis processes and industry methodologies to solve problems and mentor others.
- Quality Influence: Engage stakeholders, drive constructive conflict, and influence outcomes to ensure balanced decisions.
- Quality Standards: Apply knowledge of ISO9001:2015 and IATF16949 to develop procedures and processes.
- Statistical Foundations: Use statistical tools to influence decision-making and drive improvement actions.
- Supplier Improvement: Develop and execute quality improvement strategies to enhance supplier performance.
- Project Planning: Apply APQP skills to develop and execute quality plans for external suppliers.
- Value Differences: Recognize the value of different perspectives and cultures.
Skills and Experience:
- Work Environment: Ability to work from the office.
- Hands-on Experience: Experience in Heat Treatment, Casting, and Machining.
- Metallurgical Skills: Control of heat treating processes, furnaces, and auxiliary equipment; quench & temper of wrought steel; carburizing processes; induction hardening; steels for quenching & tempering; steel mill selection & approval.
- Forging Skills: Technical feasibility, simulation, die design; material certifications; steel bar quality; heating practices; types of forging & application; process defects – RCA & corrective actions; machinability – hardness, mechanical & chemical composition; defects.
- Machining Skills: Understand part design; determine material (tools, inserts, coolant); machining features; machining methods; setups & tool changes; sequence of operations; tolerance and surface finish requirements; tool and machine limitations.
- Self-Motivation: Ability to take ownership and drive actions at the supplier end.
- Coordination: Close coordination with regional plants (NA, SA, Europe).
- Team Player: Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Experience: Preferably, a minimum of 3 years in a Manufacturing or Engineering role in the automotive industry or a similarly regulated industry.
Organization Cummins Inc.
Role Category Remote
Job Type Exempt - Experienced
ReqID 2415022
Relocation Package Yes
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