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 281 Supplier Quality Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 7777 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 $101,816.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $100,120.
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 $89,661.
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 | 83.01% |
| Master's Degree | 18.23% |
| Doctoral Degree | 1.48% |
| Other | 9.08% |
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 | 15.52% |
| 3 to 5 years | 54.77% |
| 6 to 8 years | 19.38% |
| 9+ years | 10.33% |
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 (52%)
- Communication (46.24%)
- Management (37.71%)
- Leadership (33.16%)
- Operations (26.26%)
- Quality Assurance (24.01%)
- Investigation (18.59%)
- Microsoft Excel (17.73%)
- Planning (16.46%)
- Interpersonal Communications (16.33%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Supplier Quality Management (73.04%)
- Auditing (67.29%)
- Supplier Quality Engineering (66.05%)
- Quality Management Systems (43.05%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (43.86%)
- Supplier Performance Management (37.96%)
- Supply Chain (33.62%)
- Production Part Approval Process (30.24%)
- Root Cause Analysis (34.73%)
- ISO 9000 Series (26.99%)
- Manufacturing Processes (25.89%)
- Quality Management (30.69%)
- Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA) (28.14%)
- Supplier Audit (31.11%)
- New Product Development (26.6%)
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (24.98%)
- Statistical Process Controls (23.27%)
- Lean Manufacturing (22.13%)
- Project Management (23.69%)
- Six Sigma Methodology (23.01%)
- Purchasing (17.73%)
- Supplier Development (15.59%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Procurement (23.23%)
- Eight Disciplines Problem Solving (8D) (17.85%)
- Process Improvement (17.75%)
- Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards (17.97%)
- Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (15.86%)
- Product Quality (QA/QC) (16.32%)
- Process Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (PFMEA) (14.17%)
- Root Cause Corrective Action (13.11%)
- Supplier Identification And Selection (18.13%)
- Supplier Management (15.18%)
- Quality Improvement (14.43%)
- Data Analysis (17.24%)
- Medical Devices (13.55%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (10.59%)
- Machining (11.16%)
- First Article Inspections (11.06%)
- SAP Applications (11.16%)
- Manufacturing Engineering (10.26%)
- ISO 13485 Standard (11.66%)
- Mechanical Engineering (9.66%)
- Engineering Drawings (11.95%)
- Risk Analysis (9.19%)
- Process Capability (11.05%)
- Process Control (9.23%)
- Risk Management (9.63%)
- Statistics (8.75%)
- Good Manufacturing Practices (9.3%)
- Supply Chain Management (6.93%)
- Lean Six Sigma (6.05%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Supplier Evaluation (3.9%)
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 (16.68%)
- Supplier Quality Engineering (70.65%)
- Supply Chain (35.96%)
- Supplier Quality Management (78.13%)
- Procurement (24.85%)
- CTQ Trees (Critical-To-Quality Trees) (3.53%)
- Supplier Performance Management (40.6%)
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
- Lead Supplier Quality Engineer
- Supplier Quality Specialist
- Supplier Quality Development Engineer
- Advanced 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
- GE Aerospace (503)
- Cardinal Health (255)
- Actalent (246)
- GAF Materials Corporation (192)
- Raytheon Technologies (181)
- Lockheed Martin (148)
- BAE Systems (117)
- GE Vernova (116)
- L3Harris Technologies (92)
- Arinc International Of Canada Ulc (79)
North Carolina
- Actalent (39)
- GE Aerospace (16)
- Honda (10)
- Siemens Energy (8)
- ManpowerGroup (7)
- Carrier Corporation (6)
- GAF Materials Corporation (6)
- American Honda Motor Company (6)
- Arinc International Of Canada Ulc (5)
- Cardinal Health (5)
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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