Supplier Quality Engineer
Swiss robotics company providing autonomous four-legged robotic-inspection solutions for industrial facilities.
Funding history
About ANYbotics
ANYbotics develops and deploys autonomous industrial inspection solutions built around its four-legged ANYmal robots, combining autonomous mobility, sensors, and data insights for operators in complex and hazardous environments.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will define supplier qualification criteria, assess and approve suppliers, conduct on-site audits, and manage supplier performance. You will develop Quality Assurance Agreements, coordinate approvals, manage non-conformance reporting, analyse quality trends, and lead supplier improvement and requalification actions.
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in supplier quality management with complex mechatronic products.
- Hands-on experience conducting supplier audits and driving corrective actions to verified closure.
- Strong understanding of root-cause analysis, 8D, and structured problem solving.
- Experience defining and negotiating supplier quality requirements, ideally including Quality Assurance Agreements.
- Ability to work across Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality.
- Willingness to travel to suppliers and spend time on-site when required.
Responsibilities
- Define supplier qualification criteria and processes for assessing and approving suppliers.
- Prepare and maintain supplier audit and assessment frameworks, questionnaires, and checklists.
- Conduct on-site assessments of critical suppliers and drive audit findings to closure.
- Monitor supplier performance and initiate improvement or development actions.
- Identify suppliers requiring Quality Assurance Agreements.
- Develop and maintain Quality Assurance Agreement templates aligned with ISO 9001 and ISO 80079-34.
- Review and negotiate Quality Assurance Agreement terms with suppliers.
- Coordinate internal Quality, Legal, and Purchasing approvals for Quality Assurance Agreements.
- Define and maintain the supplier non-conformance reporting process.
- Establish non-conformance reporting templates and tracking tools.
- Analyse non-conformance trends and drive corrective actions.
- Initiate supplier development, improvement plans, or requalification.
Benefits
- Employee stock ownership plan.