Supplier Quality Engineer
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Supplier Quality Engineer manages relationships with suppliers with a focus on improvement of product quality. Performs audits to ensure compliance with quality standards of their organization and regulatory standards.
Job Outlook
There were 255 Supplier Quality Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 7148 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Industrial Engineer industry, which includes the Supplier Quality Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Supplier Quality Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $111,922.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,163.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Supplier Quality Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $97,141.
Education and Experience
Posted Supplier Quality Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 82.06% |
| Master's Degree | 18.66% |
| Doctoral Degree | 1.43% |
| Other | 6.53% |
Posted Supplier Quality Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 15.88% |
| 3 to 5 years | 56.57% |
| 6 to 8 years | 16.8% |
| 9+ years | 10.75% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Supplier Quality Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Problem Solving (49.57%)
- Communication (43.83%)
- Management (36.89%)
- Leadership (29.57%)
- Operations (24.38%)
- Quality Assurance (20.24%)
- Microsoft Excel (18.54%)
- Planning (17.77%)
- Investigation (16.77%)
- Microsoft Office (15.37%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Supplier Development (15.34%)
- Supplier Quality Engineering (67.24%)
- Supply Chain (33.52%)
- Supplier Quality Management (71.5%)
- Quality Management Systems (42.75%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (41.59%)
- Eight Disciplines Problem Solving (8D) (17.2%)
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (25.13%)
- Auditing (70.22%)
- ISO 9000 Series (27.78%)
- Procurement (22.23%)
- Manufacturing Processes (25.56%)
- Root Cause Analysis (30.23%)
- Project Management (21.98%)
- Quality Management (30.43%)
- New Product Development (24.18%)
- Supplier Performance Management (35.51%)
- Production Part Approval Process (31.65%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Statistical Analysis (5.94%)
- Supplier Identification And Selection (16.92%)
- Supplier Management (14.24%)
- Process Validation (6.74%)
- Process Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (PFMEA) (16.3%)
- Six Sigma Methodology (22.22%)
- Root Cause Corrective Action (13.39%)
- Data Analysis (12.26%)
- Welding (5.47%)
- Medical Devices (15.07%)
- Quality Improvement (10.79%)
- Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) (26.55%)
- Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards (16.72%)
- Electrical Engineering (5.19%)
- Change Management (5.63%)
- Good Manufacturing Practices (10.43%)
- Change Requests (6.24%)
- Engineering Drawings (9.51%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (10.88%)
- Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (14.88%)
- Lean Manufacturing (22.93%)
- Product Lifecycle Management (8.83%)
- Mechanical Engineering (10.17%)
- Manufacturing Engineering (10.64%)
- Lean Six Sigma (6.67%)
- ISO 13485 Standard (12.84%)
- International Automotive Task Force (4.81%)
- Process Capability (8.34%)
- Machining (11.15%)
- Risk Analysis (9.75%)
- Production Process (7.42%)
- Risk Management (10.76%)
- Supply Chain Management (7.96%)
- Purchasing (19.82%)
- Statistical Process Controls (21.36%)
- Supplier Evaluation (4.51%)
- Internal Auditing (5.6%)
- Performance Review (1.2%)
- Process Control (6.81%)
- Product Engineering (3.24%)
- Product Quality (QA/QC) (16.46%)
- Process Improvement (18.82%)
- SAP Applications (12.53%)
- Software Quality (SQA/SQC) (0.31%)
- Statistics (6.38%)
- First Article Inspections (10.95%)
- Environment Health And Safety (2.48%)
- Metrology (4.81%)
- Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) (3.23%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- CTQ Trees (Critical-To-Quality Trees) (4.35%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Supplier Development (22.71%)
- Supply Chain (49.63%)
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (37.2%)
- CTQ Trees (Critical-To-Quality Trees) (6.43%)
- Supplier Performance Management (52.58%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Supplier Quality Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Quality Engineer
- Supplier Quality Manager
- Supplier Engineer
- Supplier Quality Specialist
- Lead Supplier Quality Engineer
- Supplier Quality Development Engineer
- Staff Supplier Quality Engineer
- Quality Assurance Engineer
- Supplier Quality Assurance Manager
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Product Quality Engineer
- Quality Engineering Manager
- Quality Manager (General)
- Director of Quality Assurance
- Quality Assurance Manager
- Process Quality Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer (General)
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Supplier Quality Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Cardinal Health (292)
- GE Aerospace (256)
- Actalent (216)
- Lockheed Martin (166)
- Raytheon Technologies (153)
- BAE Systems (116)
- General Motors (107)
- GE Vernova (94)
- Arinc International Of Canada Ulc (91)
- L3Harris Technologies (75)
North Carolina
- Actalent (46)
- Honda (11)
- Siemens Energy (7)
- Carrier Corporation (6)
- GE Aerospace (6)
- Cardinal Health (6)
- Siemens (6)
- Arinc International Of Canada Ulc (5)
- ManpowerGroup (5)
- Progress Rail Services (4)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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