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In this role, the engineer will be responsible for assessing and managing quality performance, supplier risk, and capability for materials, components, and processes used in MicrocontaminationControlproducts, including membranes, filtration media, membranesupports, molded or assembled components, surface modification processes, and other critical materials that impact filtration performance, cleanliness, flow, retention, and product reliability.\nThe ideal candidate will work with autonomy and sound engineering judgment to lead supplier development, drive continuous improvement, and maintainrobust quality systems for critical suppliers. The role requires strong collaboration with Commodity Management, Operations, R&D, and Customer Quality teams to ensure continuity of supply and rapid resolution of internal and customer issues related to materialquality, process variability, product performance, and contamination control.\nIn this role you will:\nLead supplier quality activities for materials, components, and processes used in advanced filtration products, including membranes, filtration media, membrane supports, moldedor assembled components, surface modification processes, and other critical materials.\n\nDrive supplier performance improvement, including corrective actions, audits, process capability reviews, contamination control assessments, and membrane process evaluations.\n\nSupport supplier qualifications, change management (MOC), and risk assessments for membrane materials, supplier process changes, equipment changes, site transfers, and key raw material changes.\n\nAnalyze product quality issues, including flow shift, retention performance, particles, extractables, cleanliness, dimensional variation, chemical compatibility, wetting behavior, and performance drift, and lead robust root cause investigations using 8D, 5-Why, fishbone, and related methods.\n\nTechnical & Engineering Responsibilities:\nUnderstand supplier manufacturing processes for membrane and filtration-related materials, including polymer processing, membrane formation, casting/coating, phase inversion, stretching, surface modification, washing, drying, slitting, assembly, cleaning, packaging, and contamination control.\n\nDevelop and maintainspecifications, critical-to-quality requirements, certificates of analysis (COA) expectations, inspection plans, test methods, and supplier quality documentation for membrane and filtration-related materials.\n\nEvaluate supplier controls for key membrane performance attributes, including pore structure, flow rate, retention, pressure drop, cleanliness, particles, extractables, chemical compatibility, mechanical integrity, and lot-to-lot consistency.\n\nCollaborate with suppliers on process improvements, capability studies, control plans, sampling strategies, advanced quality planning, and prevention-focused controls for high-risk or high-impact materials.\n\nSupport continuous improvement initiatives to reduce process variation, improve yield, enhance reliability, and strengthen membrane and filtration product performance.\n\nUnderstand continuous improvement methodologies, structured problem-solving techniques, SPC, and FMEA and apply them independently in role.\n\nAbility to analyze, synthesize, and summarize complex data sets to drive clear decision making and action.\n\nCross-Functional Leadership:\nPartner with Business Units, Procurement, R&D, Operations, and Customer Quality teams to ensure continuity of supply and strong quality performance for critical membrane and filtration suppliers.\n\nServe as a bilingual interface between Japan-based suppliers and global stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of technical requirements, quality expectations, corrective actions, and escalation needs.\n\nMonitor key supplier metrics and provide visibility and escalation to cross-functional teams when supplier quality, supply continuity, or contamination risks arise.\n\nParticipate in Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and risk mitigation strategies for critical suppliers supporting advanced filtration products.\n\nTrain suppliers on key requirements and expectations, including change control, quality system standards, contamination control, and prevention-based quality practices.\n\nQualifications / Traits:\nBachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, Polymer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or related discipline.\n\nAdvanced degree optional; 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