A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As Supplier Quality & Development Engineer at MKS’ Global Supply Chain organization, you will partner with Global Supply Chain – Category Management, Procurement, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing/Operations, Quality, and others to execute supplier quality management and development activities within the supply base.  You will also be responsible to work with key MKS suppliers to grow their capability and control to drive robust & consistent processes.

In this role, you will report to the Supplier Quality Manager.

You Will Make an Impact by:

Execute supplier quality activities of purchased products (Supplier approval, Product qualification/FAI, Nonconformance management, Supplier Corrective Actions, supplier surveillance activities, etc.)

Act as liaison between Engineering and suppliers to ensure conformance of purchased products to MKS specifications

Lead supplier development activities to increase suppliers’ capabilities to manufacture product consistently

Mentor suppliers in lean manufacturing principles and activities

Travel Requirements: Up to 50% of Travel is required.

Skills You Bring:

Bachelor of Science degree in technical field or engineering

A minimum of 7-10 years of related experience working in quality/supplier quality/manufacturing engineering

Strong Project management skills

Demonstrated use of Quality tools (FMEA, SPC, GR&R, CAPA/RCA, process validation (IQ, OQ, PQ) and auditing

Preferred Skills:

Practical experience in Continuous Improvement methodologies, such as Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

ISO lead auditor certification/ASQ CQA or equivalent

Direct experience in manufacturing environment (Electronics and/or mechanical parts)

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