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**Location**:Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
**Work Arrangement**:Full Time
**Travel**:Approximately 20-40% regional and international travel as required
**Position Summary**
The role may be filled at the **Senior SQE or Principal SQE level**based on demonstrated experience, technical expertise, leadership capability, and business impact.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Supplier Qualification & Development**
- Lead new supplier assessments, qualification activities, and supplier approval processes.
- Lead Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) for new components and suppliers.
- Conduct on-site supplier audits focused on manufacturing excellence, process controls, quality systems, and risk management.
- Evaluate supplier readiness for new product introduction and production transfer activities.
- Partner with suppliers to establish robust measurement and manufacturing processes, and sustainable quality controls.
- Drive supplier quality improvement initiatives resulting in measurable improvements in quality, delivery, and manufacturing capability.
**Manufacturing Process Validation**
- Develop and review process validation strategies for supplier manufacturing processes.
- Lead and evaluate:
- Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (Gage R&R;)
- Test Method Validation (TMV)
- Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
- Process Capability Studies




- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Process Validation Protocols
- Assess manufacturing risks and implement appropriate controls to assure product quality.
**Quality Engineering & Continuous Improvement**
- Utilize Six Sigma and statistical methodologies to identify variation, reduce defects, and improve process performance.
- Develop and review:
- Control Plans
- Process Flow Diagrams
- PFMEAs
- Inspection Strategies
- Sampling Plans
- Analyze manufacturing and field performance data to identify systemic quality issues.
- Lead cross-functional process improvement projects with suppliers and contract manufacturers.
**Root Cause Investigation & Corrective Action**
- Lead supplier investigations related to escapes, nonconformances, field failures, and customer complaints.
- Drive effective use of:
- 8D Methodology
- DMAIC
- Fishbone Analysis
- 5 Whys
- Fault Tree Analysis
- Statistical Problem Solving Techniques
- Verify effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions through objective evidence and sustained performance improvement.
**Supplier Performance Management**
- Establish quality performance expectations and reporting mechanisms.
- Monitor supplier quality metrics and capability indicators.
- Participate in or co-lead supplier business reviews and quality performance discussions.
- Escalate critical supplier quality risks and drive resolution plans with management visibility.




- Support supplier recovery efforts when significant quality or delivery issues arise.
**Cross-Functional Collaboration**
- Partner closely with:
- Supplier Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Design Engineering
- Operations
- Quality Assurance
- Program Management
- Supply Chain
- Provide technical leadership regarding supplier quality risks and manufacturing process capability.
- Support strategic sourcing decisions through technical evaluation of supplier quality and manufacturing competency.
**Required Qualifications**
**Education**
- Bachelor's Degree (minimum) in:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Equivalent engineering discipline
**Experience**
**Senior SQE**:
- Minimum 5 years of Supplier Quality Engineering experience.Demonstrated success within automotive, industrial equipment, heavy manufacturing, or comparable industries.
**Physical Job Requirements**
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. ‌
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**Benefits & Compensation**:
**Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and adaptable Benefits Package**
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📌 Sr Supplier Qual Engineer (Guadalajara)
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