Supplier Quality Engineer

At ABB E-mobility, we are accelerating the future of sustainable transportation through innovative charging solutions. We are looking for an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to strengthen our Quality organization and drive supplier excellence across our global supply base. In this role, you will proactively manage quality, compliance, and supply chain risks while partnering with suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure the highest standards throughout the product lifecycle. Your Responsibilities Collaborate with R&D, Operations, and Procurement to proactively build quality into supplier raw materials, components, subassemblies, finished goods, and products supplied by contract manufacturers, OEMs, and ODMs. Represent Supplier Quality in product development, sourcing, industrialization, supplier management, and make-or-buy activities, providing technical input during supplier selection and sourcing decisions. Lead supplier qualification activities, including approval of new suppliers, manufacturing sites, processes, and components, ensuring Critical-to-X (CtX) requirements are appropriately addressed. Plan, lead, and execute supplier audits, including quality system, process, product, critical process, and sub-tier supplier audits, ensuring compliance with ABB requirements and relevant industry standards. Drive supplier development initiatives through targeted improvement plans, coaching, capability-building programs, and follow-up assessments to enhance supplier performance and maturity. Lead APQP activities and manage PPAP deliverables, ensuring supplier process readiness, successful product launches, and robust lifecycle management through a structured phase-gate approach. Apply a proactive risk-based approach to supplier quality by conducting risk assessments using FMEA, supplier risk-rating methodologies, and quality system evaluations, developing mitigation plans before issues impact production or customers. Monitor supplier performance through KPIs such as DPPM, Quality Notifications, audit findings, corrective action effectiveness, delivery performance, and supplier risk scorecards, driving structured escalation when required. Lead Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), root cause investigations, and 8D problem-solving activities, ensuring timely implementation and closure of corrective and preventive actions. Partner with Product Quality, R&D, Operations, and Procurement to validate critical supplier processes, assess supplier capacity and scalability, ensure regulatory compliance, promote lean improvement initiatives, and champion a proactive derisking culture across suppliers, sites, and business units. Your Background Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or another relevant technical discipline. Minimum 7 years of experience in Supplier Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Quality, or a comparable role within a complex industrial environment. Proven experience managing…