Supplier Quality Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: Longview, Texas, United States; work includes office, manufacturing, warehouse, and supplier-site environments, with domestic and international travel of up to 75%.

Company

hirify.global operates in an engineered-product manufacturing environment.

What you will do

• Monitor supplier quality metrics, performance trends, and risk indicators across assigned suppliers and manufacturing locations.
• Lead supplier corrective actions and implement sustainable improvements to product quality and process performance.
• Conduct supplier audits, assessments, surveillance activities, and manufacturing-process investigations.
• Evaluate and approve suppliers based on quality systems, manufacturing capabilities, technical competencies, and operational risks.
• Support new product introductions, supplier transitions, validation activities, launch readiness, and change management.
• Develop supplier scorecards, reports, performance reviews, and recommendations to reduce defects and the cost of poor quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, industrial engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in quality engineering, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or a related technical field.
• Experience with advanced quality planning, production part approval processes, failure mode and effects analysis, control plans, root cause analysis, supplier audits, and corrective actions.
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems, supplier quality principles, process controls, statistical analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to analyze complex quality issues, evaluate supplier processes and risks, prepare reports, and work with cross-functional teams and external suppliers.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required, up to 75%.

Nice to have

• Professional quality certifications.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or engineered-product environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular collaboration with suppliers, engineering, operations, supply chain, purchasing, quality teams, and business leaders.
• Work across office, manufacturing, warehouse, and supplier-site environments.
• Domestic and international travel supporting supplier development, audits, investigations, and business initiatives.
• Compliance with applicable safety policies and use of required personal protective equipment.