CapEx Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) -- This role focuses on customized equipment quality management for sophisticated equipment in a high-volume global manufacturing landscape. As a key member of the cross-functional team, you will oversee quality and reliability of equipment from multiple suppliers, ensuring alignment with quality and operational standards.

As a CapEx Supplier Quality Engineer within Product Operations, you will own the quality lifecycle of customized capital equipment - assembly automation, robotics, vision/metrology systems, and precision tooling - that produces products at global scale. You will work with strategic equipment suppliers and Contract Manufacturers, along with cross-functional teams to ensure every equipment meets standards from FAT through MP ramp.

- Partner with equipment suppliers and Engineering teams to align on quality control specifications and requirements, assess supplier capability (process capability, and quality maturity), and validate readiness for Mass Production (MP) roll-out.
- Define and execute the Equipment Quality Plan through Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews, FAT/SAT protocols, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development for recent features and programs.
- Oversee supplier factory preparations, in-process quality control, and intensive outgoing inspections during new program design, validation, and production ramp-up.
- Lead First Article Inspection (FAI)



and equipment qualification activities at supplier sites.
- Drive vendor performance through a structured scorecard system covering quality, delivery, responsiveness, and cost-of-poor-quality metrics, with cadenced business reviews.
- Update equipment quality control criteria based on Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and field/line learnings.
- Partner with TechOps Failure Analysis & Corrective Action (FACA) teams to drive 8D closure on equipment-related quality escapes.
- Provide clear, concise reports on supplier readiness and critical quality/compliance issues to stakeholders and executive management.
- Support new vendors in establishing and implementing QMS, with ongoing monitoring of execution and maturity.
- Coach vendors to produce accurate, timely quality and compliance reports and to sustain a culture of continuous improvement.
- Drive automation of supplier Quality Management Systems (QMS) using new technologies, integrating customized quality control criteria into standardized, scalable processes.
- Champion AI/ML-based anomaly detection, automated reporting pipelines, and digital traceability across the supplier ecosystem.

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📌 CapEx Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) (Bengaluru)
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