Component Engineer

Job Title: Coponent Engineer 4

Pay rate: BR to BR/Hr

WOW: Onsite 5 days

Travel: 5 - 10%

• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) programs by working with suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure material readiness, quality, and manufacturability.

• Strong Project management skills with ability to drive the Cost Reduction projects with suppliers

• Support early-stage material procurement activities, including supplier engagement, technical readiness assessments, and execution of prototype and development builds.

• Communicate technical requirements, specifications, drawings, quality expectations, and inspection requirements to suppliers.

• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to resolve technical issues and support product launches.

• Review and disposition non-conforming materials through Variance Requests (VRs), utilizing technical judgment and risk-based decision making.

• Review First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs), inspection methods, measurement systems, fixtures, and tooling to ensure compliance with requirements.

• Understand manufacturing processes for mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical components and identify process risks, failure modes, and opportunities for improvement.

• Investigate supplier quality and manufacturing issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) to effective closure.

• Support supplier qualification, process validation, and production readiness activities.

• Partner with suppliers to improve process capability, quality, manufacturability, and inspection effectiveness.

• Develop commodity expertise in mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical components, assemblies, and manufacturing processes.

• Communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations effectively to suppliers and internal stakeholders.