Supplier Quality Engineer

We are seeking a highly motivated Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and compliance of our suppliers and their products. This is a proactive, hands-on role that bridges engineering, procurement, and supplier development to maintain the highest standards across our critical supply base. You'll work with a wide range of specialist and low-volume suppliers—many producing bespoke components for high-performance EV applications. Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct supplier assessments, audits, and onboarding to ensure capability, quality, and compliance.
• Develop and maintain supply chain quality standards and processes.
• Collaborate with engineering and procurement teams to validate supplier manufacturing methods and control plans.
• Feedback non conformance to suppliers, following up for containment, rectification, future prevention.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions for supplier quality issues (8D, Ishikawa, etc.).
• Develop and monitor supplier KPIs and implement performance improvement initiatives.
• Support initial sample inspection, incoming quality control, and documentation verification.
• Build and maintain strong technical relationships with suppliers across mechanical, electrical, and composite domains.
• Ensure traceability and conformance for safety-critical and performance-critical parts. Qualifications & Experience:
• Proven experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or supply chain engineering — preferably in automotive, motorsport, or high-performance sectors.
• Some knowledge of quality systems and methodologies (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, PPAP, APQP, FMEA, FAIR).
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and engineering specifications.
• Hands-on problem-solving and auditing skills.
• Willingness to travel to suppliers (UK & occasional international visits)