Responsibilities

• Manages all aspects of the general engineering relationship with one or more key suppliers of external hardware, components, materials, or services for the development and manufacturing of a product or service line.
• Reviews and evaluates supplier product designs, processes, and activities for compliance with company manufacturing guidelines, quality processes, and standards; provides tangible feedback based on results to improve product quality and mitigate risk of product failure.
• Leads overall engineering and customer feedback analysis processes for supplier products; communicates and collaborates with management, internal, and outsourced suppliers, manufacturing, and development partners to develop and implement changes to product or process to reduce defects, improve quality, and lower costs.
• Provides domain‑specific expertise and overall procurement engineering leadership and perspective to cross‑organization projects...