Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
$175,000 - $275,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is for a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer responsible for leading supplier qualification and quality performance for components, printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), subassemblies, and system-level products. This individual ensures new and existing suppliers maintain capable processes, effective quality systems, and controls to consistently meet technical, quality, delivery, and reliability expectations.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end assessment and qualification of new suppliers, including technical capability, quality systems, and manufacturing controls.
- Plan and conduct supplier quality-system and process audits, assessing risk and driving corrective actions to closure.
- Define supplier quality deliverables for new parts and NPI builds, including quality plans and inspection requirements.
- Review and approve First Article Inspection packages for completeness and compliance.
- Issue and manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), ensuring rapid containment and clear problem definition.
- Lead suppliers through rigorous root-cause analysis using 8D, 5 Whys, and fishbone analysis.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- 7–10+ years of Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering, or Manufacturing Quality experience supporting complex hardware products.
- Demonstrated experience assessing, auditing, qualifying, and developing suppliers across electronics, electromechanical, and mechanical commodities.
- Strong knowledge of quality-management systems and supplier auditing against ISO 9001 or AS9100.
- Hands-on experience reviewing First Article Inspection and APQP/PPAP deliverables, including drawings, GD&T, and PFMEAs.
- Proven success managing SCARs and leading supplier root-cause investigations and corrective actions using 8D and 5 Whys methodologies.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing and inspection processes for PCBAs, cables, sheet metal, machined parts, plastics, and system assemblies.
- Strong working knowledge of SPC, Cp/Cpk, MSA, sampling plans, control plans, PFMEA, and risk-based supplier quality controls.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and best practices, including part and document control.
- Willingness to travel to domestic and international supplier sites.
Skills: supplier qualification, quality performance, quality systems, First Article Inspection, Supplier Corrective Action Requests
This role has been open 47 days — well below the 57-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
425
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
$158k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cerebras | All employers we track in this specialty (425 roles · 70 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 425 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 10 | 9855 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 57 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: supplier qualification, quality performance, quality systems, First Article Inspection, Supplier Corrective Action Requests
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 75 open roles · median 146 d
- Infineon Technologies · 32 open roles · median 49 d
- Renesas Electronics · 20 open roles · median 41 d
- Intel Corporation · 19 open roles · median 35 d
- Analog Devices · 18 open roles · median 55 d
- onsemi · 18 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 425 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 70 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.