Hiring: Supplier Quality Engineer Company: Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group Location: California, United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 13:40:48 Target Skills & Keywords : Assembly, Lean Manufacturing, Program Management, Project Management, Six Sigma, Systems Integration About the job Required Skills: •, directly influencing supplier capability and new product launch success. You will collaborate with Design, Advanced Manufacturing, Program Management, and supplier teams to solve challenging manufacturing problems and help bring innovative products from concept to production. •With Design and Advanced Manufacturing teams to develop pack-level structural designs, including bases, roofs, towers, and cabinets, optimizing structural integrity, heavy-gauge fabrication, manufacturability, and modular system integration. •Design for Manufacturing (DFM), APQP, and supplier readiness reviews, focusing on welding feasibility, tube and C-channel bending constraints, fabrication requirements, dimensional tolerances, and large-scale assembly considerations. •The Quality Maturation Level (QML) and PPAP roadmap, ensuring suppliers meet production-readiness requirements and systematically qualifying Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), and Welder Performance Qualifications (WPQ). •With structural suppliers to establish robust weld verification and validation programs, including weld characterization, destructive testing such as macro-etch and tensile testing, and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods including ultrasonic, magnetic particle, and liquid penetrant inspection. •Supplier and program risks associated with heavy manufacturing, including long-lead raw material requirements, steel mill production schedules, supplier crane and material-handling limitations, large-component transportation, shipping, and validation constraints. •Closed-loop supplier non-conformance management by issuing SCARs, leading structured root-cause analysis and corrective actions for structural and weld defects, and conducting supplier audits to verify welding, fixturing, coating, and process-control effectiveness. •Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering Qualifications: •Operational familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and statistical process control (SPC) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!