Supplier Quality Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

NVIDIA is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to manage component quality for their AI-centric datacenter, automotive, and consumer products. This role involves working with suppliers and internal teams to ensure new product readiness, establish quality expectations, drive failure analysis, and develop continuous improvement plans. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in NPI quality methodologies and failure analysis resolution.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for managing end-to-end component quality, working closely with suppliers and internal teams to assure new product readiness and ensure performance meets key quality and reliability metrics.
  2. Establish and lead activities within internal and external teams to ensure proper definition of quality expectations appropriate for each mechanical component. Compile and evaluate data to understand acceptable limits of manufacturing process.
  3. Drive component Failure Analysis activities, including: understanding component failures and defining FA goals, coordinating complete FA work at suppliers’ FA facilities, summarizing and presenting FA results, implementing Corrective Actions and lessons learned following 5-Why practice.
  4. Develop continuous improvement plan with suppliers and track/reporting progress
  5. Track supplier’s quality Key Performance Indicators closely

Skills

Required

  • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Engineering (Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Manufacturing Engineering) or equivalent experience
  • 5+ year’s relevant experience in a complex, high-volume manufacturing environment with audit experience
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing techniques and process/quality controls for mechanical components.
  • Proven understanding of data driven, statistical QC and QA problem solving methodology