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Senior Supply Base Engineer

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The Senior Supply Base Engineer will manage supplier relationships, drive quality compliance, and lead supplier development initiatives, ensuring alignment with engineering teams and compliance with industry standards.
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Senior Supply Base Engineer

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated Supply Base Engineer (SBE) to join QuEra's Hardware Engineering team. This role will be responsible for developing and managing relationships with key suppliers, ensuring robust quality systems, and driving continuous improvement across the supply base. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supplier management, manufacturing processes, and cross-functional collaboration to support product development and lifecycle requirements.

 

Key Responsibilities

Supplier Development & Management

  • Identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers that meet technical, quality, and business requirements.
  • Act as the primary technical interface between engineering teams and suppliers, ensuring alignment on specifications, manufacturability, and timelines.
  • Work with the engineering team to ensure documentation packages are complete and up to date, including 3D models, drawings, assembly procedures, test procedures, test reports, etc.
  • Monitor supplier performance through KPIs (quality, delivery, cost) and implement corrective actions when needed.
  • Lead supplier business reviews and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Manage a other supply base engineers, including international locations.

Quality & Compliance

  • Partner with Quality Engineer to establish supplier quality standards, inspection criteria, and audit plans.
  • Ensure suppliers comply with industry regulations, safety standards, and internal policies.
  • Lead root cause analysis and corrective action efforts for supplier-related issues.

Risk Management

  • Collaborate with supply chain to identify high risk items and develop mitigation plans
  • Identify acceptable alternate components
  • Help supply chain team identify and manage risks and develop mitigation plans for critical components.
  • Collaborate with sourcing and procurement teams to negotiate contracts and optimize total cost of ownership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with QuEra internal stakeholders to ensure supplier readiness during new product introduction (NPI).
  • Support Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and manage supplier transitions with minimal impact to production.
  • Act as a liaison between internal teams and suppliers during issue resolution.

 

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in supplier quality, supply base engineering, or sourcing in a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes (machining, sheet metal, optical assembly, electronics assembly, etc.).
  • Proficiency with quality tools (PPAP, FMEA, SPC, 8D, CAPA).
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 30%).
  • Management experience

Preferred

  • Experience with optical systems, precision metrology systems, high performance test equipment, or similar
  • Working knowledge of PLM/ERP/MRP systems and supplier performance dashboards.
  • Lean Six Sigma certification or experience with lean manufacturing principles.

QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Top Skills

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QuEra Computing Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office

1284 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, United States, 02135

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