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HYDAC’s passionate team designs and manufactures a comprehensive line of innovative and reliable solutions optimized for any demand our customers require.\nThe Supplier Quality Engineer will be required to:\nTeamwork: Collaborate with suppliers, design engineers and product management personnel to ensure delivered quality of supplied hydraulic components and systems meet or exceed requirements.\nCritical Thinking: Analyze supplier quality audit and scorecard data to drive solutions to improve supplier performance. \nCommunication: Present findings and conclusions to suppliers, customers and HYDAC senior leadership team with a clear, concise, persuasive approach.\nYou will make an impact in this role by:\nEvaluation, assessment, and quality auditing of new suppliers.\nSupport cross-functional teams to help identify and develop supplier quality programs in accordance with defined purchasing strategies.\nSupport internal supplier quality program development initiatives as needed to reach strategic growth objectives.\nEvaluation and approval of supplier PPAPs.\nOn-site and virtual evaluation of supplier quality programs including quality management systems and APQP toolset utilization (Flow Map, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, and SPC).\nWork with project teams to collect supplier requirements for PPAP packages and resolve any quality-related internal or external discrepancies with the supplier or internal business partners.\nWork with purchasing and suppliers to resolve incoming material non-conformances and ensure proper supplier scorecard resolution.\nDrive supplier 8D problem solving methods for continuous process improvement and reduction of defects including both 0-hr PPM and field warranty claims.\nInteract with purchasing and engineering to provide timely response to supplier corrective action, PPAP, and engineering change / deviation requests.\nEvaluation of SPC related to control of key characteristics.\nRequirements\nTo be considered for the Supplier Quality Engineer role, you must have the following minimum qualifications:\nRequirements:\nAbility to travel up to 40% of the time (including international)\nBS degree in Engineering, Science or Mathematics.\nFamiliarity with APQP methodology and implementation.\nExperience with leading continuous improvement projects.\nPreferences\n3 or more years of on-site supplier quality engineering experience\nUnderstanding of Lean and/or Six Sigma concepts a plus.\nInternal auditor experience is a plus.\nHYDAC offers employees a comprehensive medical/dental/vision plan, paid holidays, PTO, 401k with company matching, FSA account, short term disability and life insurance, and pet insurance.\nClick the “apply” button to be considered for this opening!\nHYDAC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. 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