Supplier Development Engineer, Cable and Connector

Meta SDE team is looking for a supplier development engineer to be responsible for overall quality and manufacturing process development within the supply chain on both Cable and Connector Commodities. This role is ideal for a motivated applicant that is self-driven, enjoys working in a fast-paced development environment, and has a solid quality and manufacturing engineering background.

Supplier Development Engineer, Cable and Connector Responsibilities:

• The Supplier Quality Engineer will be responsible for overall Cable/Contact/Connector process development and readiness within the supply chain
• Drive Design-for-Manufacturability (DFM) activities with vendors and provide technical support in enhancing process capability and solving technical issues
• Identify equipment, fixture, and tooling needs and drive implementation efforts to qualify and optimize the manufacturing process
• Establish quality and process control plans at vendors for early detection of issues and to ensure the highest level of quality and reliability is consistently delivered
• Responsible for conducting Design/Process FMEA, Failure analysis, PPAP, and Statistical Process Control
• Bring up and qualify the production line through DOEs, Line qualification, Machine Buy-off, Cycle Time & UPH studies, and Automation
• Evaluate prospective vendors for process capability based on project needs, then be a major part of supplier identification and selection
• Publish concise reports on module yield performance, specification convergence status
• drive Failure analysis, Corrective Action implementation plan, and yield bridge to mass production
• Collaborate with Suppliers and Engineering teams in assessing, proposing, and developing process technologies based on project requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering
• 5+ years of working experience in the Cable and Connector industry. Solid knowledge on manufacturing process design and supplier quality management
• Hands-on experience in cable and connector manufacturing process development with an understanding of equipment and methodologies commonly used in the industry
• Experience with quality tools such as SPC, FMEA, GR&R, DoE, metrology, GD&T, and Correlation studies
• Experience with the typical failure mode and its corresponding failure analysis methodology
• Experience with the reliability test plan to do quality risk assessment for Cable and Connector at component level
• Good communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% to vendors at different locations

• Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering
• 8+ years of working experience in Cable and Connector industry
• Knowledgeable in the plating stack up solution proposal for required anti-corrosion performance on connector
• Experience with the Optical cable manufacturing process and testing methodology
• Ownership and Leadership mindset with an ability to be in a leadership position and achieve results with minimal supervision