Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Chassis & Vehicle Dynamics

Our offer to you

Volvo Group offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and team-focused environment in a company that is well known for its state-of-the-art company culture and benefits. Our culture is about how we interact with each other, our customers, and with society as a whole. It helps us to achieve our business objectives, is firmly rooted in our history, and is critical to our company’s long-term success. It is the foundation on which everything else is built.

Volvo Group is defined by a set of five carefully chosen values, which include Customer Success, Trust, Passion, Change, and Performance. These values are a major force in guiding our day-to-day behavior and drive our decision making at all levels of the organization. Our values are easy to understand, and yet fundamentally important. They express our shared beliefs across countries and entities to form the basis for a high-performing culture that can help maximize the full potential of the organization.

To work with us is to work with some of the world’s most iconic brands, and to be part of a reputation that has been earned for over a century. It is our responsibility to honor that heritage and build an even stronger future for our company moving forward. Each of our individual actions collectively define who we are as a company and how the world sees us.

Would you like to be a part of our team and join us on our journey?

What you will do

This Supplier Quality Engineer will perform quality assurance activities of purchased items within project phase with the objective of monitoring and guiding suppliers to define and establish processes that can deliver parts according to the agreed specifications on a consistent basis. You are responsible for the industrialization of products from sourcing phase through PPAP approval and will manage a portfolio of suppliers within the Chassis & Vehicle Dynamic segment.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform supplier auditing and quality assurance activities of purchased items within projects for Vehicle, with the objective of monitoring and guiding suppliers to define and establish processes that can deliver parts according to the agreed specifications
• Be responsible for the industrialization of products from sourcing phase through PPAP approval, tracking and monitoring the entire APQP process along the way
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers, including travel approximately 50-75%
• Participate and contribute during design and technical specification and manufacturing feasibility reviews with suppliers and Volvo stakeholders
• Review tool design practices with suppliers, providing input as needed
• Lead review of Control Plan, securing product and process characteristics are included
• Promote best practices for automated process control, mistake proof, automatic inspection, and segregation of defective parts in production process

Who are you?

Do you dream big? We do too, and we are excited to grow together. In this role, you will bring: 

• A strong background in supplier quality assurance
• Continuous improvement and zero-defect mentality
• Ability to create networks, collaborate, and lead cross-functional activities within multi-cultural teams

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field, or equivalent working experience
• 3 or more years of supplier quality assurance experience
• Knowledge in one or both of the following areas:
  • Chassis & Vehicle Dynamic components and systems and their related manufacturing/assembly processes.  
  • APQP/PPAP
• 3 or more years of GD&T Experience 
  
  

Additional Qualifications

• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status

What’s in it for you?

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

• Competitive base salary
• Annual company bonus
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and others
• 401(k) with employer match, plus additional company contribution
• Generous Employee Time Off, additional company holiday days, community volunteering hours
• Onsite facilities and activities that make everyday living easier, including a cafeteria, fitness center, health services, and more

In addition to the above, you will also enjoy:

• An inclusive organization that prioritizes employees’ health and well-being
• Volvo Group University for professional and personal development
• A global organization with expansive career growth opportunities
• Modern workspaces that allow agility and collaboration
• Multiple automotive electric charging stations
• Bike racks, walking paths, multiple locations for outdoor dining/seating
• Employee discounts

Would you like to learn more? Please visit volvogroup.com/en/careers.html to explore further!