Lead Supplier Quality Engineer – Blades

Role overview Lead supplier quality work for wind turbine blade components, partnering with manufacturing suppliers and internal engineering, sourcing, and operations teams. The role combines technical quality support, supplier audits, issue resolution, and improvement planning to strengthen product quality and prevent defects from reaching production or the field.

Responsibilities - Provide quality and technical guidance for the blade component supply base and develop consistent practices across the organization. - Plan and lead supplier audits, monitor supplier performance, and follow corrective actions through to resolution. - Own or support responses to supplier nonconformances, deviation requests, field issues, and defects that escape supplier controls. - Contribute to sourcing quality measures and strategies, identifying systemic problems and developing improvement plans. - Support approval of production parts, process and product verification, quality system audits, and supplier surveillance. - Coordinate with design and advanced manufacturing engineering, sourcing and buying teams, project management, and field performance groups.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field. - At least two years of experience in quality management, manufacturing quality, or supplier quality. - Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of the time. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to lead projects and work across global teams.

Nice to have - Experience in composite manufacturing, wind sourcing, or wind manufacturing. - Familiarity with quality systems such as ISO 9001 or TS 16949, and with audits and supplier surveillance. - Working knowledge of failure analysis, error-proofing, measurement systems, statistical process control, and structured root-cause methods such as 8D. - Six Sigma Black Belt or an equivalent quality certification.

Benefits and work setup - Remote position with relocation assistance listed as available. - U.S. applicants are listed with a base pay range of $94,600–$157,700, with a geographic salary differential in certain areas and discretionary annual bonus eligibility. Compensation may depend on experience, education, skills, and location. - Listed benefits include health coverage, retirement savings contributions, paid holidays and time off, parental and adoption assistance, tuition assistance, and disability and life insurance.