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They are a U.S.-based turnkey contract manufacturer serving energy storage, data centers, defense, HVAC and structural steel, with multiple large-scale plants across the United States and a joint venture operation in Monterrey.\nWhat they make is heavy and precise at the same time. Welded enclosures. Modular process skids. Modified ISO containers. Battery energy storage systems that get fully integrated, wired and tested before they ship. Their capabilities run end to end: engineering, metal fabrication, coatings, mechanical and electrical integration, battery installation and end-of-line testing.\nNone of that works without a supply base that performs. That is where you come in.\nWe are hiring a Supplier Quality Engineer to own supplier qualification, auditing, performance and corrective action across their supply base. You will spend most of your time at supplier facilities, not behind a desk. You will walk a fabrication floor and know within an hour whether the process is capable. You will look at a weld and know whether it meets the print. You will run a corrective action to real root cause instead of accepting a containment plan dressed up as a fix.\nThe supply base spans Mexico, the United States and Asia, so this role travels roughly 80% of the time and requires you to live near a major airport.\nWhat you will do\nConduct supplier audits, capability assessments and process evaluations against engineering and quality standards\nSupport supplier onboarding through First Article Inspections, PPAP submissions and technical validation reviews\nReview supplier quality documentation including control plans, PFMEAs, process flow diagrams and inspection reports\nDrive Supplier Corrective Action Requests using structured root cause methodology (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone)\nTrack supplier KPIs: defect rates, on-time delivery, cost of poor quality and corrective action cycle time\nWork with Engineering to define inspection criteria, critical characteristics and acceptance standards\nSupport APQP activities for new product launches and engineering changes\nInvestigate nonconforming material and coordinate containment, corrective action and disposition\nMaintain supplier performance dashboards and quality reporting\nPartner with Procurement on sourcing decisions based on quality risk and supplier capability\nPerform dimensional inspections, weld reviews and documentation audits\nDrive continuous improvement to reduce scrap, rework and supplier-driven production disruption\nRequirements\nMust have\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or a related technical field\n4+ years in supplier quality, quality engineering or manufacturing quality in an industrial environment\nHands-on experience conducting supplier audits and capability assessments\nStrong working knowledge of metal fabrication, machining, welding processes or electro-mechanical assemblies\nAbility to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T and welding symbols\nWorking knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP, FMEA and control plans\nExperience with root cause analysis tools and statistical process control\nProficiency with ERP systems and Excel-based data analysis\nProfessional English, spoken and written. You will audit, negotiate and report in English\nAbility to travel approximately 80%, including internationally, with valid documentation\nBased in or willing to relocate to the Monclova area\nNice to have\nCQE, CQA or Six Sigma certification\nAWS CWI, NACE or SSPC coating inspection credentials, or NDT certification\nFamiliarity with AWS D1.1 welding standards, WPS and PQR review, and welder qualification\nExperience in modular fabrication, energy systems, BESS or defense manufacturing\nExperience auditing suppliers across multiple countries\nExperience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations\nWho tends to do well here\nEngineers who are comfortable being the only company representative in a supplier's plant, who can hold a firm position on a quality issue without turning it into a fight, and who would rather fix the process than file the report. If you have ever walked into a supplier audit expecting a routine day and left having rewritten their inspection plan, this role will feel familiar.\nBenefits\nWork for the most exciting companies in the North American Market\nHighly competitive compensation.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4417,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Freelance & Talent Marketplaces","IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-16T01:03:54Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":9,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.21,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":33,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:1","agency","stale_co","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/uptalent-io-supplier-quality-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/uptalent-io-supplier-quality-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-18T07:56:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11858,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":8690},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=8690"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fuptalent-io-supplier-quality-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fuptalent-io-supplier-quality-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fuptalent-io-supplier-quality-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/uptalent-io-supplier-quality-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fuptalent-io-supplier-quality-engineer"}]}