# Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

**Company:** [Cerebras Systems](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cerebras-systems)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $175k – $275k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Supplier Quality, Iso 9001, As9100, Supplier Auditing, First Article Inspection, Apqp, Ppap, Pfmea, Control Plans, Msa, Spc, GD&T, 8D, Scars, Plm
**Posted:** 2026-08-28

> Leads supplier qualification, audits, NPI readiness, performance monitoring, and corrective actions for complex hardware components and systems. Requires an engineering bachelor’s degree and 7–10+ years of supplier or manufacturing quality experience across electronics, electromechanical, and mechanical commodities.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end assessment and qualification of new suppliers for components, PCBAs, subassemblies, and system-level products.
- Conduct supplier quality-system and process audits; document findings, assess risk, and drive corrective actions to closure.
- Evaluate process capability, special-process controls, inspection and test methods, calibration, sub-tier management, and change control.
- Partner with Strategic Sourcing and Engineering to define qualification requirements, select suppliers, and approve suppliers based on evidence.
- Maintain supplier qualification records, audit results, risk ratings, approved supplier status, and supplier development plans.
- Define supplier quality deliverables for new parts and NPI builds, including quality plans, inspection requirements, control plans, and production-readiness criteria.
- Review and approve First Article Inspection packages and drive APQP/PPAP activities, including PFMEA, process flow, control plans, MSA, capability studies, and validation of critical-to-quality characteristics.
- Verify production readiness through on-site reviews, pilot-build support, and closure of open risks before volume production.
- Monitor supplier scorecards and quality trends, including defect rates, PPM, escapes, corrective-action timeliness, audit findings, and repeat nonconformances.
- Establish risk-based incoming inspection and supplier surveillance plans.
- Support nonconformance disposition, deviations, material review, supplier change notifications, and qualification of process, tooling, site, or sub-tier changes.
- Issue and manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), ensuring containment, problem definition, production protection, and timely execution.
- Lead supplier root-cause investigations using 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone analysis, fault-tree analysis, and related methods.
- Validate root causes, approve corrective and preventive actions, verify effectiveness, and drive systemic improvements.
- Travel to domestic and international supplier sites for qualification, audits, production readiness, issue resolution, and supplier development.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- 7–10+ years of Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering, or Manufacturing Quality experience supporting complex hardware products.
- Experience assessing, auditing, qualifying, and developing suppliers across electronics, electromechanical, and mechanical commodities.
- Knowledge of quality-management systems and supplier auditing against ISO 9001, AS9100, or applicable industry standards.
- Experience reviewing First Article Inspection and APQP/PPAP deliverables, including drawings, GD&T, dimensional reports, material certifications, PFMEAs, control plans, MSA, and capability data.
- Experience managing SCARs and leading supplier root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
- Understanding of manufacturing and inspection processes for PCBAs, cables, sheet metal, machined parts, plastics, and system assemblies.
- 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 and communicate technical quality risks clearly.
- Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, part and document control, revision and change management, approval workflows, supplier data, and configuration traceability.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Lead-auditor or quality certification.

## Compensation
- Base salary range: $175,000–$275,000 annually.
- Additional compensation may include bonus and equity.

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