Your Job
As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for driving supplier quality performance, ensuring incoming material quality, supporting supplier audits, leading corrective actions, and partnering cross-functionally to improve quality, reliability, and compliance. This role works closely with manufacturing, engineering, procurement, and supplier teams to reduce defects, prevent disruptions, and support continuous improvement across the CSBU business.
Our Team
You will be part of the CSBU Quality team supporting the CSIO, CSEN, CSIM, CSRF and CSSD divisions in Guadalajara. The team works closely with internal and external suppliers, manufacturing operations, engineering, and procurement to ensure components and materials meet quality expectations and business requirements.
What You Will Do
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Drive supplier quality performance by monitoring internal and external supplier results and supporting improvement actions.
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Lead supplier assessments, audits, and follow-up activities to strengthen supplier capability and compliance.
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Partner with suppliers and internal teams to investigate defects, nonconformances, and quality disruptions.
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Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions using tools such as 8D, 5 Why, SPC, PFMEA, and Six Sigma methodologies.
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Support incoming quality by defining inspection plans, standards, and expectations for components and materials.
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Collaborate with engineering, production, procurement, and suppliers to resolve quality challenges and reduce component-related disruptions.
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Create and maintain quality documentation to support quality system requirements, audits, and customer expectations.
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Support new product introduction, supplier qualification activities, and customer audit preparation/follow-up.
Who You Are
Basic Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
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Experience in quality engineering, supplier quality, manufacturing, or process improvement environments.
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Experience with cable, harnesses, and/or PCBA processes.
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Knowledge of supplier audits, quality systems, root cause analysis, statistical analysis, and SPC.
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Fluent English communication skills.
What Will Put You Ahead
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Experience with supplier auditing, including QSA/QPA.
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Knowledge of ISO 9001 quality systems.
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Experience using SAP and quality reporting tools.
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Knowledge of IPC 610/620 standards.
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Experience supporting supplier development, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Compensation Philosophy
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
