Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Senior Engineer - Supplier Quality

Quality EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeDongguan, Guangdong Province, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree or diploma in Science or Engineering is required.
At least 5 years of experience in supplier quality or advanced quality management is required.
Strong plating knowledge is required.
Knowledge of statistical techniques and quality tools is required.
Internal auditor experience for ISO 9000/IATF 16949, including audit skills, is required.
English reading and writing ability is required.
Basic computer skills are required.
Working experience or knowledge of the plating process is preferred.
English listening and speaking ability is preferred.
A VDA 6.3 auditor certificate from VDA/QMC is preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess, audit, and qualify suppliers, including potential suppliers.
Participate in new product introduction phase project requirement reviews and component design for manufacturing reviews.
Understand each key supplier's systems and process capabilities.
Participate in supplier selection full-frame reviews and collaborate with the team to reach a final decision.
Identify supplier opportunities and drive or support supplier development to improve supplier capabilities, including equipment, processes, and tooling.
Manage the advanced product quality planning process for high-risk suppliers or components and review production part approval processes to ensure a smooth transition to mass production.
Lead or coordinate the production part approval process for high-risk components and support advanced quality planning, manufacturing engineering, and industrial engineering on other component processes.
Work with suppliers to conduct gap analyses comparing project requirements with supplier capabilities, identify improvement opportunities, and develop suppliers accordingly.
Provide technical and knowledge support to on-site inspectors as needed.
Share and deliver relevant information to advanced quality planning, manufacturing quality assurance, and manufacturing/industrial engineering teams, and create a lessons-learned database.
Work independently with suppliers to resolve quality issues and improve component quality and process performance in collaboration with internal cross-functional teams.
Use quality tools, including 8D, statistical process control, Six Sigma, and 5 Whys analysis, and conduct quality system and process audits.

PRIMARY PURPOSE:Supplier, including potential supplier, assessment/audit/qualification. Involve DFM review and PPAP process. Lead/coordinate “high risk” component PPAP process and support AQP/MIE on other component PPAP. Work with supplier to conduct gap analysis between project requirement and supplier capability, looking for supplier improvement opportunity and develop supplier accordingly. Technical and knowledge support for on-site inspector if needed.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.Involve NPI phase project requirement review and component DFM review.

2.Understand and familiar with each key supplier system/process capability.

3.Involve team on supplier selection full frame review and team work out final decision.

4.Identify supplier opportunity, drive/push/involve supplier development on supplier capability improvement, including but not limit on equipment, process, tooling…

5.High risk supplier/component APQP process management and PPAP review. Ensure move to mass production smoothly.

6.Relevant information sharing and delivery to AQP/MQA/MIE. Lesson learn database creation.

SCOPE:Work independently to work with suppliers for quality issue settlement. Also expected to work independently in the improvement of component quality issues and component process performancewith internal cross function team. Expected to be skilful on quality tools utilization such as 8D, SPC, six sigma, 5why analysis. Also need QSA, QPA audit skills.

EDUCATION:

REQUIRED:Degree or Diploma in Science or Engineering

WORK EXPERIENCE:

REQUIRED:5 years minimum in supplier quality or advance quality management. Strong plating knowledge.

PREFERRED:Have working experience/knowledge on plating process.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

REQUIRED:

•Statistical technique, Quality tools, internal auditor for ISO9000/IATF16949 with audit skill

•English ability, especially reading/writing

•Basic computer skills

•Good interpersonal skills to work effectively with others.

PREFERRED:

•English Listening/speaking

•VDA6.3 auditor certificate by VDA/QMC

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding: $985.2M
Headquarters: Wichita, KS
Founded: 1940

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