Component Engineer

• Responsible for supporting new product development and supplier engineering activities with a focus on cable harnesses, manufacturing processes, supplier quality, and cost optimization.
• The role involves driving supplier improvements, ensuring design for manufacturability, managing supplier quality issues, and supporting end-to-end product lifecycle activities.

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor s degree in Engineering with 7 years of relevant experience or Master s degree with 5 years of experience.
• Strong experience in supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, or component engineering.
• Experience with cable assemblies, wire harness production, or electromechanical manufacturing processes.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes such as cutting, stripping, crimping, soldering, and overmolding.
• Experience in supplier root cause analysis and corrective action processes.
• Strong project management and analytical skills.
• Experience implementing Lean, Six Sigma, and SPC methodologies at suppliers.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to evaluate supplier technical, quality, and business capabilities.

Experience:

• Seven or more years of engineering experience (BS degree) or five or more years with MS degree.
• Four to seven years of experience in cable assembly, wire harness, or electromechanical manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Work with new product development teams to procure custom cables ensuring design for manufacturability, quality, and cost targets.
• Support prototype builds and track material readiness at suppliers.
• Drive supplier root cause analysis for cable harness failures.
• Mitigate supply risks by evaluating capacity, lead times, and quality issues.
• Develop and maintain harness standards, specifications, and design guidelines.
• Work with sourcing teams to evaluate new suppliers and manufacturing sites.
• Execute supplier qualification deliverables including process validation, inspection reports, and capability analysis.
• Drive cost reduction, capacity improvement, and risk mitigation initiatives with suppliers.
• Manage supplier process changes, validations, and equipment qualifications.
• Lead corrective and preventive actions for supplier quality issues.
• Track and resolve supplier variances from issue identification to closure.
• Communicate project status and supplier performance metrics to stakeholders.
• Develop supplier improvement strategies and drive performance excellence.
• Prepare supplier scorecards and performance reports.
• Support new product introduction and supplier readiness planning.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on design for manufacturability and supplier selection.
• Review and resolve customer complaints, manufacturing variances, and inspection issues.

Should Have:

• Experience working with strategic sourcing and supplier management teams.
• Strong understanding of Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing, and SPC methodologies.
• Experience in executive-level reporting and presentations.
• Strong interpersonal and team collaboration skills.

Skills:

• Supplier quality management.
• Cable assembly and wire harness engineering.
• Manufacturing process optimization.
• Root cause analysis and CAPA.
• Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• SPC and process capability analysis.
• Project management.
• Supplier evaluation and development.
• Risk management and mitigation.
• Data analysis and reporting.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor s degree in Engineering required with 7 years of experience, or Master s degree with 5 years of experience.