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 261 Supplier Quality Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 7712 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 2015:
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 $92,573.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $86,568.
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 $81,646.
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 | 3.44% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 79.41% |
| Master's Degree | 20.84% |
| Doctoral Degree | 2.37% |
| Other | 3.55% |
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 | 17.73% |
| 3 to 5 years | 51.2% |
| 6 to 8 years | 19% |
| 9+ years | 12.07% |
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 (44.5%)
- Communication (41.61%)
- Management (35.45%)
- Leadership (28.02%)
- Operations (25.53%)
- Quality Assurance (23.09%)
- Microsoft Excel (18.66%)
- Planning (18.34%)
- Microsoft Office (16.58%)
- Investigation (16.1%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Supply Chain (34.18%)
- Supplier Quality Management (62.68%)
- Auditing (62.2%)
- Production Part Approval Process (26.8%)
- Root Cause Analysis (22.73%)
- Quality Management Systems (32.98%)
- Supplier Performance Management (28.81%)
- Quality Management (21.13%)
- Supplier Development (17.92%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (32.98%)
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (21.03%)
- Supplier Quality Engineering (62.38%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Manufacturing Processes (25.88%)
- Root Cause Corrective Action (12.18%)
- Supplier Management (12.89%)
- Metrology (4.28%)
- Industrial Engineering (9.07%)
- Risk Analysis (9.89%)
- Six Sigma Methodology (20.28%)
- Manufacturing Engineering (9.68%)
- Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) (20.88%)
- Project Management (21.68%)
- ISO 13485 Standard (8.42%)
- Eight Disciplines Problem Solving (8D) (16.27%)
- Supplier Identification And Selection (11.08%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (12.03%)
- Machining (9.49%)
- Lean Six Sigma (7.9%)
- Purchasing (18.09%)
- Lean Manufacturing (22.19%)
- Risk Management (8.33%)
- Statistical Process Controls (21.8%)
- ISO 9000 Series (22.14%)
- Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (14.84%)
- Statistical Analysis (7.78%)
- Engineering Drawings (8.29%)
- Data Analysis (12.1%)
- First Article Inspections (10%)
- SAP Applications (9.68%)
- New Product Development (22.17%)
- Process Control (7.24%)
- Product Quality (QA/QC) (15%)
- Fabrication (2.88%)
- Mechanical Engineering (9.88%)
- Procurement (16.3%)
- Process Improvement (19.63%)
- Supply Chain Management (8.12%)
- Quality Improvement (11.08%)
- Medical Devices (10.01%)
- Internal Auditing (4.39%)
- Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards (13.74%)
- International Automotive Task Force (5.73%)
- Electrical Engineering (6.45%)
- Process Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (PFMEA) (12.93%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Supplier Evaluation (5.35%)
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
- Supply Chain Engineer
- Supplier Quality Specialist
- Quality Assurance Engineer
- Supplier Development Engineer
- Supplier Engineer
- Supplier Quality Manager
- Lead Supplier Quality Engineer
- Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer
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
- Manufacturing Quality Manager
- Quality Manager (General)
- Industrial Engineer (General)
- Quality Engineering Manager
- Director of Quality Assurance
- Quality Control Manager
- Manufacturing Product Design 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
- Actalent (300)
- Lockheed Martin (193)
- L3Harris Technologies (164)
- Ryder (140)
- Johnson & Johnson (134)
- Boeing (128)
- Raytheon Technologies (123)
- CNH Industrial (107)
- Northrop Grumman (100)
- Leidos (100)
North Carolina
- Actalent (57)
- Merchants Distributors (8)
- Randstad (8)
- Hitachi (6)
- Honda (6)
- Stefanini (6)
- Segula Technologies (5)
- Eaton Corporation (4)
- McLane Company (4)
- Corecruit (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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