Role OverviewWe're seeking a Sr. Global Supplier Quality Engineer to own and elevate supplier quality performance, ensuring both supplier processes and outputs consistently meet high standards. This role requires experience validating process capability and measurement systems, auditing quality systems, and supervising and improving ongoing performance.
What You Will Do
Responsible for onboarding of suppliers, communication, and training of KLA supplier quality requirements. Perform supplier risk assessment, document process of record and control plan for supplier performance indicators. Monitor and trend performance.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Success in this role comes from the ability to strengthen and scale supplier quality management systems reducing defects and ensuring consistent, high-performance components across the supply chain. Opportunity to develop and scale supplier quality systems globally across critical technologies.
Requirements
- Proven experience with supplier quality engineering, preferably within optics, photonics, or precision engineering environments
- Hands-on experience supporting optics or optical component suppliers (lenses, mirrors, coatings, laser systems, or alignment-critical assemblies)
- Ability to read, interpret, and validate optical specifications, including tolerances, surface quality, and performance requirements
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with optics engineers on technical requirements, specifications, and issue resolution
- Experience applying supplier quality methodologies (RCCA, CAPA, 8D) in high-precision or optics-driven manufacturing environments
- Strong understanding of process capability, measurement systems, and inspection methods for precision/optical components
- Experience working with global suppliers and driving measurable quality improvements
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- 401(K) including company matching
- employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
- student debt assistance
- tuition reimbursement program
- development and career growth opportunities and programs
- financial planning benefits
- wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP)
- paid time off
- paid company holidays
- family care and bonding leave
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