Job Description
The Staff Supplier Quality Manager at Aurora is responsible for developing and maintaining supplier quality for autonomous vehicle hardware components, leading supplier assessments, audits, and process improvements to ensure compliance with industry standards and support the company's self-driving technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain quality requirements for autonomous vehicle hardware components and suppliers.
- Manage APQP and PPAP processes, including guiding suppliers through submission and approval.
- Assess and develop suppliers to ensure compliance with industry standards such as ISO-9001 and IATF-16949.
- Conduct supplier audits and process audits to ensure quality system compliance.
- Collaborate with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to resolve technical challenges and establish expectations.
- Implement corrective actions and process improvements with suppliers to enhance quality performance.
- Utilize quality tools like FMEA, Control Plans, and Process Capability Analysis to monitor supplier quality.
- Lead supplier quality process improvements and develop related documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
- 7 years of experience in supplier quality, with a strong focus on electrical, electro-mechanical, or optomechanical components and photonics.
- Proven experience with PPAP processes and requirements in an automotive or autonomous vehicle industry setting.
- Proven experience in both submitting as well as receiving Part Submission Warrants (PSW).
- Knowledge of APQP, FMEA, 8D problem-solving, and other automotive quality tools and standards.
- Experience conducting supplier audits and developing suppliers in compliance with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 standards.
- Experience with multi-tier supply chain and supplier quality management.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in quality-related software and statistical analysis tools.
- Lead suppliers through the PPAP process, ensuring timely submission and approval of required PPAP elements, documentation, validations, and samples.
- Assess and develop new and existing suppliers, evaluating their capabilities in alignment with ISO-9001, IATF-16949, and other company standards and project requirements.
- Conduct on-site supplier audits process and quality system audits to ensure compliance with automotive and industry standards, identifying areas for improvement.
- Support Supplier Quality activities related to Aurora External hardware supplier quality developments, Supplier manufacturing interactions, APQP, and PPAP.
- Guide suppliers in the implementation of corrective actions and process improvements, following up to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of these measures.
- Utilize quality tools such as FMEA, Control Plans, and Process Capability Analysis to assess, monitor, and verify supplier quality performance.
- Support APQP activities, driving alignment with timelines and deliverables.
- Address quality issues through root cause analysis and problem-solving, facilitating sustainable solutions to ensure ongoing compliance.
Benefits & Perks
Base salary range: 181,000 - 290,000 per year
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits (unspecified)
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