Manufacturing Quality Engineering - Supplier Quality Engineer

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Join AMD's team of highly skilled professionals in managing the quality performance of key manufacturing partners and suppliers in the production of our leading‑edge Game Console, Graphics, Server and CPU products. Our presence in the region gives this supplier quality team exposure to multiple AMD product development teams and manufacturing operation teams, in addition to our critical manufacturing partners and suppliers.

This team partners with AMD Manufacturing Team and Procurement Team to drive our Suppliers proactively work towards AMD quality expectations and requirements.

• Strong communication, works effectively in cross‑functional teams
• Strong analytical thinkers who can resolve challenges with innovative solutions.
• Ability to think critically under pressure. Driven and proactive, with a strong sense of initiative.
• Efficient in managing time and resources in a fast‑paced environment.

• Direct quality interface with contract manufacturing (CM) service providers.
• Ensure that CM suppliers have developed and executed manufacturing control plans to ensure compliance with product established specifications.
• Implement quality metrics to drive end‑to‑end continuous improvement.
• Identify systematic improvement opportunities and work with suppliers to establish yearly long‑term improvement projects to reduce quality defects.
• Drive SPC compliance and improvement to reduce out of control conditions.
• Conduct yearly audits and line walks when required at suppliers' factories.
• Assess Supplier quality performance through quarterly quality score card process and communicate improvement direction to suppliers.
• Train and develop supplier to comply to AMD's quality methodologies – 8D methodology/why‑why analysis, responding to non‑conformances, corrective action system, change management system.
• Manage customer and internal quality excursions escalation, driving supplier root cause and corrective and preventive actions using 8D approach/why‑why analysis.
• Record, monitor, and report supplier activities not limited to excursion events to management on weekly basis.
• Provide oversight and governance of returns center processes and reporting.
• Manage returns processes across a cross‑functional / matrix organization.
• Provide clear and timely communications to multiple stakeholders.

• Experience in Contract Manufacturing engineering and quality experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience in setting up and managing Supplier Quality and Supplier Management processes.
• Quality Auditor certification is preferred. ISO
  9001, IATF
  16949, VDA
  6.3 etc.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and problem‑solving skills.
• Capable of working independently and collaborating with other groups to provide solutions.
• Statistical analysis capability such as JMP and Power BI.
• Programming skills such as Python and SQL are preferred.

• Bachelors or Master in Electrical Engineering or similar background preferred

Austin, TX

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