Amazon Sr Supplier Quality Engineer Team 

United States, Virginia 

255968770

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.The AWS Field Engineering organization provides engineering support for our data centers throughout their lifecycle. A critical piece of this support is ensuring the highest level of initial quality and ongoing support from our vendors. As a Supplier Quality Engineer you will interface daily with AWS Engineering teams, Procurement teams, and vendors to manage infrastructure equipment quality. Our Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for supplier qualifications, quality monitoring at supplier sites, supplier quality issue resolution and supplier development and quality improvement initiatives.
In this role you will lead internal and external engagements with engineering, procurement, supply chain management, operations, finance, construction, and suppliers to deliver robust and resilient quality systems at our vendors and within AWS. You will identify supplier quality defects or waste in AWS processes, and drive new processes to eliminate the defects and prevent them from recurring without posing risk to availability.In this role your responsibilities include:Verify AWS quality standards are met at suppliers through in-person and remote audits.
Define and roll out incoming inspection/first article inspection plansMonitor and report on supplier performance quality metrics and actions.
Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.Keys to success in this role include sound judgment and excellent written/verbal communication skills.
Travel required, both international and domestic, approximately 30-50%
About the team
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- Bachelors degree in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical, Mechanical or Materials Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of industry experience in construction, project management, manufacturing, or operations support.
- 12+ years in a quality management function with direct interaction with suppliers.

- MS, PhD or advanced degree in engineering or other quantitative disciplines
- Expert knowledge in manufacturing processes, ISO-9000, quality control plans and failure analysis or problem solving methodologies.
- Six Sigma certification.
- Lean certification.
- Highly proficient in Excel and the creation of tables, data, dashboards, reports, including advanced analysis features.
- Project Management experience.
- Experience with data center operations and infrastructure equipment.
- Ability in managing multiple qualification activities and development schedules.
- Proven experience in working with external design and manufacturing supply chain partners.