Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for developing suppliers to provide products and services to ATEC. Works cross-functionally in the development and or maintenance of products and services. The Supplier Quality Engineer is involved in resolving the equipment and process-related production issues, activities including equipment, process, materials and method validations as well as statistical analysis and metrics to analyze those systems and processes being measured.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads teams and manage product focus groups working with in-house and suppliers.

• Conducts on-site audits and supplier performance evaluations based on company procedures and ensures compliance with the supplier's management system.

• Responsibilities also include being lead supplier quality engineer representative in technical teams, setting priorities for corrective action efforts and leading related failure investigations as required.

• Liaison between supplier and company for quality related concerns or issues.

• Provide guidance to suppliers on Alphatec's quality requirements for sustaining and new product development projects (First Article, PFMEA, control plans, and other tools to ensure conformance of product being received).

• Support New Product Development.

• Responsible for supporting Development/Operations Engineering and manufacturing to resolve technical issues and implement corrective and preventive actions.

• Lead supplier development project/activities.

• Coordinate Manufacturer Qualification activities including but not limited to PQ's, GRR, correlation studies and process development.

• Manages SCAR process from beginning to end, implementing and follow-up of corrective and preventive actions.

• Trains quality control associates to ensure inspection procedures and processes are followed and accurate. Develop inspection methods and gauges to improve receiving inspection process.

• Provide statistical support to suppliers allowing both to analyze manufacturing processes and to recommend appropriate process controls for ensuring product conformance to specification.

• Perform customer complaint investigations on products manufactured by suppliers.

• Participate in FDA, ISO and other regulatory audits.

• Traveling is approximately 10-50% as required.

• Other duties as assigned.