[Hiring] Supplier Quality Engineer @Cummins

Role Description

The Supplier Quality Engineer creates values by supporting supplier quality initiatives that enable the business or function to achieve its operational and strategic supplier quality goals.

• Build relationships with all critical partners to improve quality and business outcomes, including external suppliers, external customers, and internal customers and stakeholders, such as Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Engineering.
• Learn and apply industry common Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) processes, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) tools, and Cummins specialty tools to develop or improve an external supplier’s manufacturing process.
• Become an effective auditor by participating in external supplier audits; may lead low complexity and low risk audits after becoming a certified auditor.
• Participate in the resolution of external supplier related quality challenges; support root cause analysis, development of corrective actions, and verification of the effectiveness of corrective actions; may lead resolution of low complexity and lower risk quality challenges after gaining experience.
• Embrace continuous improvement in the external supply base by participating in and contributing to product and process focused projects that utilize industry proven methodologies, such as lean and six-sigma.
• Participate in the quality performance planning and improvement process for a specific product type or specific segment of the external supply base; may lead the quality planning and improvement process for low complexity and low risk product types or segments of the supply base.

Qualifications

• U.S. college/university Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical or scientific subject required.
• Mechanical Engineering preferred; will consider Industrial Engineering.

Requirements

• Exempt Entry Level: Designed for external candidates within 2 years of completing their highest level of degree (Bachelor, Master, PhD, MBA, or JD) from an accredited U.S. college/university, and currently reside within the continental U.S.
• F-1 visa students must have approved Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or Occupational Practical Training (OPT) before their Early Career assignment begins. CPT/OPT must relate to their degree and be authorized by their university.
• Minimal level of relevant work experience required.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer policy: Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.