Principal Supply Chain Engineer, Factory Quality

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Work type: On-site
Location: Houston, TXAustin, TX
Salary: $102,300–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Principal Supply Chain Engineer, Factory Quality

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The Principal Supply Chain Engineer – Factory Quality joins the Quality organization to ensure the reliability and manufacturing readiness of complex hardware products. This individual contributor role involves monitoring factory performance metrics such as IQC, OQC, OBA, and yield data while identifying risks and driving root cause and corrective actions in partnership with manufacturing partners and cross-functional teams. The candidate will utilize RCCA methodologies like 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, and CAPA to resolve issues, manage risk registers, and support OK-to-Ramp decisions. Key technical skills include experience with Pareto analysis, test stability, and potentially familiarity with GRR, FMEA, and SPC. The role addresses the critical challenge of ensuring manufacturing quality for hardware products, specifically focusing on preventing customer escapes and managing production ramps for complex infrastructure components like server and networking equipment.

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RCCA 8D 5-Why Fishbone CAPA Six Sigma Lean FMEA SPC DOE GRR OBA NPI Hardware Quality Reliability Engineering Pareto Analysis

What you'll do

Monitor factory quality performance metrics including yield data, test stability, and failure pareto across manufacturing sites.
Analyze quality signals to identify emerging risks, containment gaps, and potential customer escapes before product shipment.
Drive root cause and corrective action (RCCA) processes to resolve manufacturing issues in partnership with suppliers and engineering teams.
Review factory test coverage to ensure known failure modes are detected before products leave the factory.
Validate outgoing box audit (OBA) controls for workmanship, configuration, labeling, and functional defects.
Work on-site with manufacturing partners to verify process controls, inspection criteria, and quality gates.
Maintain factory quality risk registers to track containment status, ownership, and resolution dates for key programs.
Provide data-driven risk assessments to support OK-to-Ramp and OK-to-Ship decisions for new product launches.

What we're looking for

Must have 3 to 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, process, supplier, product, or reliability engineering.
Must possess strong knowledge of IQC, OQC, OBA, yield metrics, and corrective action processes.
Must be proficient in structured RCCA methodologies such as 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, or CAPA.
Must have the ability to analyze failure data and provide risk-based recommendations for product ramps.
Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills to summarize technical issues for cross-functional stakeholders.
Must be able to collaborate with external manufacturers, suppliers, and internal engineering teams.
Preferred experience with server, GPU, networking, or other data center infrastructure products.
Preferred certifications include Six Sigma, CQE, CRE, Lean, or equivalent quality training.

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