Supplier Quality Engineer

Job description

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Shape the Future with Us! At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world. Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring supplier quality performance through supplier qualification, audits, corrective action management, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role drives defect prevention, variation reduction, and supplier quality excellence to ensure materials and processes consistently meet customer, regulatory, and business requirements. This role shall be responsible for incoming processes, managing and providing guidance to technician. This position reports to the Senior Manager, Supplier Quality and is part of the Regulatory Affairs / Quality Assurance organization located in Singapore and will be an on-site role. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Qualify new suppliers providing critical components and special processes to ensure compliance with product requirements. Conduct supplier audits and assessments to verify compliance with quality and regulatory standards. Lead Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities, and effectiveness reviews. Analyze supplier quality performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects and improve supplier capabilities. Establish and standardize inspection methods, measurement systems, and quality controls with suppliers. The essential requirements of the job include: Degree or Diploma in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent applicable experience. Multiple years of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing, assembly operations, or engineering environments. Understanding of statistical quality control methods, metrology, inspection techniques, engineering drawings, and measurement systems. Experience conducting supplier audits, supplier qualification activities, and corrective action management It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: Knowledge of quality management systems such as ISO 9001; familiarity with ISO 13485, FDA QSR/cGMP (21 CFR Part 820), and ISO 14971 are advantageous. Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info. Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.