Supplier Quality Engineer (Mechanical)

Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer (Mechanical)

Job Location: Dayton, OH

Department: Supply Chain Operations (SCOPS)

Are you ready to take full ownership of the quality lifecycle for mechanical parts and lead the charge in continuous improvement?

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Supplier Quality Engineer to manage the complete quality lifecycle of our mechanical suppliers. This role is crucial for ensuring the excellence and reliability of parts from casting, machining, metal fabrication, and other metal forming companies. You will be a key leader in our organization, driving proactive quality strategies from supplier selection through to continuous improvement, while also providing critical oversight and recovery actions for quality-related issues. We are seeking a professional with a strong work ethic, a passion for quality, and a proactive mindset who takes full ownership and accountability for their work.

This is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of three days per week in our Huber Heights, Ohio office.

What You Will Do

• Supplier Lifecycle Management: Lead the quality aspect of the entire supplier lifecycle, from New Supplier Selection to ongoing performance monitoring and continuous improvement.

• Proactive Quality Assurance: Facilitate and lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Ramp Readiness (RR) programs to ensure new product introductions are successful and quality standards are met from the start.

• Performance Monitoring: Proactively monitor Key Characteristics and analyze Cpk data to identify and address any potential process drift at the supplier level.

• Corrective Actions: Facilitate the formal 8D process for supplier-related issues, driving timely and effective Supplier Corrective Actions.

• Problem Resolution: Act as a strong leader to manage projects and lead teams to recover from revenue-gating quality problems, ensuring minimal impact on production and revenue.

• Continuous Improvement: Drive and implement continuous improvement actions at key suppliers to enhance overall quality, efficiency, and reliability.

• Collaboration: Work effectively both independently and as part of a team, collaborating with internal engineering, commodity management, and product teams as well as external supplier partners.

• This role requires an open and flexible schedule to support business needs.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science.

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a supplier quality engineering role, with a strong focus on mechanical parts such as castings, machined components, and metal fabrications.

• Demonstrated expertise in quality methodologies and tools, including the 8D process and statistical process control (SPC) with a focus on Cpk.

• Proven ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, blueprints, and technical specifications.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and influence projects, stakeholders, and suppliers.

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, coupled with a high degree of accountability.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%, including international travel, to conduct supplier audits and support on-site quality events.

• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with a minimum of three days in the Huber Heights, Ohio office.

• This role requires an open and flexible schedule to support business needs.

About Trimble

Trimble is an industrial technology company, concentrated on helping the world work better. Our technology enables jobs to get done more precisely and accurately so you can build, construct, grow and move the things we need to live our lives and build future communities.

Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

Pay Rate Type

Bonus Eligible?

Commission Eligible?

Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the 'Apply Now' button located in this posting.

Posting Date

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values-Belong, Innovate, and Grow-we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under "Corporate Governance."

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