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Rocket Lab is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure high-quality standards for procured parts, services, and processes. The role involves acting as a link between internal teams and suppliers, translating technical requirements into specifications. The Supplier Quality Engineer will inspire suppliers to enhance their quality processes, drive cost reductions, and improve efficiency. They will manage customer and supplier priorities, ensuring smooth operations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Driving the continuous improvement of product quality
- Performing on site and remote supplier audits
- Creation of internal and external quality control plans
- Running Non-Conformance reports and performing quality investigations
- Identifying processes failures at suppliers and manage root causes of non-conformances
- Implementation of corrective actions
- Deploying PFMEA tools, techniques & training to support targeted improvement actions
- Creation of internal Engineering Change Requests to support improved manufacturability of parts.
- Support suppliers with scaling up their production processes to achieve the future quality, cost and delivery targets.
- Follow-up & verify corrective action implementations and audit findings
- Provide strong focus on quality improvement at source and driving cost reduction opportunities.
- Working with suppliers to introduce new products into production (NPI, APQP, PPAP processes)
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 Years’ experience working in a high quality, process driven environment
- Degree qualified in a relevant technical field such as engineering, science, business management etc
- Practical experience leading and investigating quality related issues
- Experience with Root cause Investigations, Practical Problem solving, 8D’s, 5 Why’s, Fishbone diagrams, Ishikawa and/or similar problem-solving tools
- The ability to interpret engineering drawings and geometric dimensions
- Problem solving attitude
- Proactive, enthusiastic, self-motivated
- The ability to learn quickly and work productively without direct supervision
- Experience working under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Highly organised with faultless attention to detail
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships
The role offers:
- Opportunity to work at Rocket Lab
- Chance to play a crucial role in ensuring the highest quality standards
- Chance to drive continuous improvement of product quality
