Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, (Infrastructure Reliability & Quality Engineer)
Job ID: 10393789 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement and maintain the Supplier Quality roadmap for complex electrical and or mechanical infrastructure equipment to meet the technical and quality requirements.
- Manage complete equipment lifecycle quality, working closely with suppliers, engineering, procurement and other internal stakeholders.
- Perform thorough on-site audits to ensure suppliers' quality systems, products, and processes meet AWS Quality and product specification requirements.
- Drive Supplier Quality Improvement Programs, track supplier performance with goal settings for key performance indicators.
- Develop critical to quality parameters, perform critical‐to‐quality inspections and functional testing for complex equipment to ensure defect‐free, high quality equipment.
- Review historical failures, equipment design changes, and lessons learned to incorporate relevant inspections & tests and update technical specifications.
- Lead root‐cause analysis for complex equipment and critical components, collaborating with suppliers and cross‐functional teams.
- Evaluate and validate root‐cause analysis reports from a technical perspective using critical thinking and quality principles.
- Create and manage new product and/or new supplier qualification plans from prototyping to mass production for complex electrical and mechanical equipment.
- Analyze failure data during the equipment life cycle and produce technical reports to drive design and specification improvements at supplier factories.
- Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
- Demonstrate a can‐do attitude and thrive in a fast‐paced environment.
- Communicate effectively in written and spoken form.
- Travel internationally and domestically 30–50% of the time.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
- 8+ years in a quality management function with direct interaction with suppliers.
- 8+ years experience in Electrical, Mechanical Product manufacturing, and supplier quality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with data center operations and infrastructure equipment.
- Ability to manage multiple qualification activities and development schedules.
Location: USA, VA, Herndon – USD 136,600.00 – 184,800.00 annually.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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