Associate Principal Supplier Quality Engineer – Supplier Development
Alameda · Hybrid · Posted Oct 8, 2026
At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Alameda
About the role
- The Associate Principal Supplier Quality Engineer – Supplier Development will serve as a technical and program leader for high-priority supplier initiatives.
- This position is responsible for leading complex, cross-functional supplier development programs spanning supplier qualification, capability improvement, risk reduction, and supply continuity.
Responsibilities
- Lead and/or support supplier capability development initiatives to improve quality, scalability, process robustness, and long-term supplier readiness.
- Execute and support supplier improvement roadmaps and long-term development plans aligned with Strategic Procurement strategies and Technical Operations Engineering priorities.
- Drive supplier improvement activities including Kaizen events, process optimization projects, variation reduction efforts, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Perform supplier capability assessments, manufacturing evaluations, and technical due diligence activities.
- Support make-versus-buy analyses by providing technical, quality, and manufacturing assessments.
- Identify and drive opportunities to improve supplier performance, supply risk, and supplier controls.
- Lead supplier qualification activities including process assessments, manufacturing readiness evaluations, and technical reviews.
- Support complex supplier programs including large qualifications, supplier expansion activities, and supplier capability growth efforts.
- Lead supplier stabilization and monitoring activities for new suppliers, outsourced processes, or developing supply chains.
- Support Strategic Procurement on category strategy, new supplier identification, supply risk reduction, and evaluation of outsource programs.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life, AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Eleven paid company holidays per year
- A minimum of fifteen days of accrued vacation per year, which increases with tenure
- Paid sick time in compliance with applicable law(s)
