Supplier Quality Engineer

Eaton’s Vehicle Division is currently seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to join our team. This position is based at our Tualatin, Oregon facility.

Position Overview:

Functionally responsible for monitoring and measuring supplier performance and ensuring root cause and corrective actions are implemented for supplier non-conformities leading to customer escapes, internal rework/rejection and scrap. Develops process improvements and cost control programs throughout the plant.

In this role, you will:

• Responsible for supplier management for daily operations including

• Investigation of quality issues and communicating to vendor the problem
• Use of 8D/Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) processes
• Negotiating and instructing reworks
• Part returns using in house Return Materials Authorization process (RMA)
• Defective Material Returns process (DMR or red tag) disposition of parts from the floor
• Supplier Improvement Activities

• Coaching vendors on investigations if needed
• Supplier visits (limited to US) occasionally to perform process reviews or FMEA’s
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) administration
• Representative for facility in supplier meetings/calls, including international contacts
• This role is an individual contributor and has no direct reports
• This role is expected to work independently without supervision

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited institution or five (5) years of electronic technician experience
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience in manufacturing
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates that currently reside within 50 miles of Tualatin, Oregon will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from accredited institution
• Three (3) years’ experience electronics manufacturing
• Tier 1/2 manufacturing or supplier work experience
• Basic SAP needed for transferring parts, scrap, stocking
• Demonstrable skills with MS Office Excel/Word/Power Point; Access is a big plus but not required
• Familiar with Engineering software used to manage change orders, parts drawings, etc. Enovia/Windchill/Jira
• Six Sigma yellow or green belt or Lean Manufacturing workplace training

Position Success Criteria:

• Excellent written and verbal communication ability

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites)
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

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What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Quality

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: VEH EMB eMobility

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time