You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

At Bose, we are constantly learning and constantly curious. We never stop imagining what better sound sounds like. The Product team leads the transformation of ideas through research, design, development, marketing, and sales, unleashing the transformative power of sound and delivering the best products on the market.

Job Description

In this Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer role, the collaborator will execute Supplier Quality core processes according with Automotive standards and Customer Specific Requirements. As a Senior level will be asked to support management to improve processes and maintain quality metrics and define new metrics as needed.

The Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer will need to have strong background on Project management, Problem solving methodology, Teamwork and a very solid continuous Improvement mindset as this position requires very close collaboration with our supplier base to initiate improvement projects toward reducing quality incidents due to components at both internal and end customer.

For this position it is required to have clear knowledge of Mechanical Commodities.

Activities/ Experience:

• Be part of the supplier selection process by establishing Supplier Quality Agreement and confirm manufacturing best practices and continuous improvement mindset through a process control Audit.
• Lead supplier engineering activities to complete Supplier PPAP for new components into new programs for Automotive products.
• Revision and Validation of Process Change Notifications (PCN) from our supplier base to assure changes made by suppliers will not have any impact from a quality/cost perspective.
• Support Customer Quality Eng. team from North America, Europe, and Japan to escalate quality cases with our suppliers to assure adequate response time and quality of the 8D.
• Knowledge of different Mechanical commodities such us enclosures, castings, plastic parts, injection molding, Harnesses, Brackets, Adhesives, Gaskets.
• Clear Mechanical Drawing interpretations (GD&T)
• Support the Incoming Inspection and MRB coordinators to meet aging and inventory metrics.
• Definition of strategic projects to reduce Automotive Quality PPM by identifying key supplier on specific components being main contributors.
• Clear understanding of Automotive Standards IATF16949, ISO 9001.
• Strong Knowledge of statistical tools for problem resolution (8D, PDCA, DMAIC, DOE) and APQP tools (MSA, PCP, PFMEA, PPAP).
• Must have minimum 5 years of experience in Automotive Business environment
• Able to travel to North America and Asia (up to 20% of time)

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial engineering)
• Six Sigma training (Desirable)
• Bilingual: English & Spanish (90%)

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.

If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send a note to wellbeing@bose.com