Quality Manager, Supplier Quality

Location: San Jose, California, United States; on-site when not traveling to supplier or hirify.global locations. Approximately 20% domestic and international travel; the role also supports supplier quality engineering activities in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Salary: $132,845–$168,270 per year, plus bonus opportunity.

Company

hirify.global designs, develops, manufactures, and services complex machines used by technology companies to create devices for smartphones, cloud services, wireless communications, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, gaming, and other digital applications.

What you will do

• Lead and develop Supplier Quality Engineers supporting San Jose and provide partial-time individual-contributor support for St. Paul.
• Represent supplier quality performance, risks, mitigation plans, and recommendations to executive leadership through staff meetings, business reviews, dashboards, and executive forums.
• Execute supplier quality strategy, scalable frameworks, KPIs, governance, audits, corrective actions, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Own supplier performance across quality, delivery, and reliability; lead escalations, containment, root-cause resolution, supplier accountability, and long-term capability improvement.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations leaders to balance quality, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Ensure supplier readiness for NPI, qualification, production ramp, supplier change management, configuration management, traceability, and copy-exact requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• At least 10 years of experience in Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, or Quality Engineering.
• At least 2 years of people leadership experience or demonstrated readiness for management.
• Experience in high-technology or precision manufacturing environments.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to operate at strategic and operational levels.
• Experience presenting to and influencing executive-level stakeholders, translating technical issues into business impact, articulating risks and trade-offs, and driving decisions under pressure.
• Deep expertise in supplier quality management within complex, global supply chains, with strong communication, stakeholder management, cross-functional alignment, and analytical skills.
• Ability to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, balance tactical execution with enterprise strategy, and apply a structured, data-driven approach in high-mix, low-volume environments.
• Working knowledge of PPAP/AIAG quality tools, including SPC, PFMEA, control plans, MSA, and statistical analysis.

Nice to have

• ASQ certification such as CQE, CQM/OE, CQA, or CSQP.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Lead Auditor certification.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work environment with approximately 20% domestic and international travel.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, flexible spending accounts, and commuter benefits.
• Holiday, vacation, and sick time.
• Life and accident insurance, disability insurance, emergency travel assistance, and identity theft remediation.
• Tuition reimbursement and employee assistance program.