- Primary Responsibilities
● Supplier Evaluation and Audits:
- Conduct comprehensive assessments and audits of new and existing suppliers,
both domestically and internationally.
- Evaluate supplier capabilities, processes, and quality management systems
against industry standards and the Company's requirements.
Identify and document potential risks and areas for improvement.
Develop and execute corrective action plans to address identified deficiencies.
● Quality Assurance and Control:
- Collaborate with suppliers to implement robust quality control processes
throughout the supply chain including raw materials, cell, and pack production
- Evaluate vendor testing design and capabilities as well as system level testing,
ensuring the necessary tests are in place to ensure quality in production and at
the system level in the field
- Monitor supplier performance through key metrics (e.g., defect rates, on-time
delivery, yield).
- Review AOI data and create process controls to alert the production and quality
teams if process drift occurs
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supplier quality and
performance.
Lead root cause analysis and corrective action investigations for quality issues.
Develop and maintain quality documentation, including inspection plans, test
procedures, and quality agreements.
● New Product Introduction (NPI) Support:
- Provide quality engineering support during new product development and
introduction including review of battery design, specifications, and overall chemistry.
- Collaborate with engineering and supply chain teams to ensure quality is built
into new products from the design stage.
- Participate in design reviews and provide input on manufacturability and quality
considerations.
Develop and implement quality plans for new products.
Additional Responsibilities
While the primary focus of this role is Supplier Quality Engineering, the SQE will also be
expected to contribute in the following areas:
● Project Management: Support or lead specific projects related to supplier quality, process improvement, or operational efficiency.
● Operational Drive: Proactively identify and address operational bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and risks within the supply chain.
● Process and Factory Efficiency Improvement: Contribute to initiatives aimed at
improving manufacturing processes and factory efficiency at supplier facilities.
- Deliverables
● Quality Systems: Develop and implement scalable manufacturing processes, quality
systems, and yield improvement strategies
● Build Readiness Reviews: work with suppliers to meet build entry and exit gates,
focusing on quality deliverables such as equipment readiness, process qualification, and
post-build quality data analysis to facilitate component design and process
improvements
● Use Data: Identify and effectively communicate design and process risks, using
data-driven approaches such as DOEs, Correlation, and other statistical methods
● Set Specs: Analyze and evaluate data to establish appropriate component spec limits
including cosmetic, dimensional, functional/reliability as well as establish process
controls limits
● Failure Analysis & Corrective Action: Identify the problem for non conforming material
and implement corrective actions through DOEs and PRQs to mitigate issues, reduce
failure rate, and improve customer experience. Provide 8D/CAPA reports as needed
● Daily/Weekly Updates: Effectively communicate supplier readiness and build status, as
well as any other urgent issues and needs to Oura team members
● Audit: Conduct supplier audits and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supplier performance
● Other Responsibilities: include but are not limited to
2D Review, MSOPs, Measurement fixture qualification and GR&R
Gauge design and AOI development and qualification
Process qualification plan
Rel/ORT test design and qualification
Cosmetic spec setting
Traceability Plan and shop floor system design
IQC/OQC Correlation
Maintaining an up to date MIL
Yield bridge
Setup process control specs and monitoring systems
Ensure parts conform to FAI and CPK specifications