Purpose Statement Drives improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers. Develops acceptance criteria for materials. Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures. Job Responsibilities * Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities. Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier. * Generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures. Trains inspectors to these procedures. * Develops and/or sources inspection tools and equipment. * Assists in generating component specifications. * Generate test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products. * Provide input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis. * Analy...