EchoStar has an exciting opportunity for a Supplier Quality Engineer in our Hughes Network Systems division. This position will be located in our Germantown, MD location.

Responsibilities:

• Work with suppliers related to electrical components to include relevant SMT & PCBA manufacturing experience & background

• Working with suppliers of Power Supplies, Power Amplifiers, Feedhorns, Antennas, Servers, Board Assemblies and the associated SMT components.

• Document & communicate issues using measurement, photographic and video equipment.

• Work in a fast-paced production environment to provide technical support to Operations/Manufacturing personnel.

• Working with potential new suppliers to survey their manufacturing capabilities including production processes to ensure products will meet PPM level quality standards.

• Interaction and coordination with design engineering personnel to ensure smooth product transitions from development to high volume production.

• Review potential supplier quality issues at incoming inspection, new product introductions, high volume production & customer returns.

• Participate in MRB process to disposition non-conforming materials and will drive the associated 8D problem solving process.

• Support Procurement through input to supplier selection, review of new cost reduced and alternate parts via the send-ahead process.

• Participate in Concurrent Engineering (CE) Team meetings to communicate problems and work with Team to resolve issues.

• Ability for occasional travel is required.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is required and to include some component engineering background.

• 2-3 years of relatable work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of quality systems and processes such as ISO9001, AS9100D, SPC, PPAP and six sigma methodologies.

• Effectively communicate with design engineers, manufacturing personnel and lead root cause and corrective action efforts

• Quality background working with suppliers

• Technical knowledge of electronic components (active & passive) to lead efforts to improve quality and production test yields.

• Familiarity with SiliconExpert Component database or equivalent.

• Experience with SAP is preferred.

• Good communication skills, both verbal and written is a must.

• Proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Will be eligible for discretionary bonus, with funding based on company performance.

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