Senior Quality Engineer at Nextpower in Huangpu

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Job Description: eBOS Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) The eBOS Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will be based in Shanghai, China, with regular travel to supplier sites across China and occasional international travel as needed. The role supports Nextpower’s utility-scale solar eBOS portfolio, including NX PowerMerge, Trunk Bus Solutions, Combiner Box Solutions and Harnessing Solutions. The SQE will build a qualified, scalable supplier base and ensure that products and processes meet requirements for electrical safety, reliability, performance, manufacturability, installation efficiency and long-term serviceability. We are looking for someone who demonstrates: • Intense collaboration • Passionate customer focus • Thoughtful, fast, disciplined execution • Tenacious commitment to continuous improvement • Relentless drive to win Here is a glimpse of what you'll do: • Supplier Strategy and Selection — Partner with sourcing, engineering and operations to identify, assess and select capable suppliers for PV DC cables, connectors, terminals, over-molded joints, fuses, busbars, combiner boxes, disconnects, harness assemblies and related balance-of-system components. • Supplier Qualification and Process Audits — Lead supplier risk assessments, self-assessments, capability reviews and onsite audits covering quality systems, manufacturing processes, special processes, traceability, change control, capacity, testing, EHS and business continuity. • Product Qualification and NPI — Define and drive FAI / PPAP deliverables, process flow, PFMEA, control plans, work instructions, MSA / Gage R&R, SPC, capability studies, material and compliance certificates, reliability validation, end-of-line testing and certificate-of-conformity documentation. • eBOS Product and Process Quality — Develop quality controls for trunk bus, NX PowerMerge, combiner box and harness products, including conductor and cable performance, connector and terminal integrity, crimp and over-molding processes, contact resistance, polarity, insulation and dielectric testing, fuse and disconnect functionality, sealing, ingress protection, mechanical retention and traceability. • Supplier Quality Issue Resolution — Act as a subject matter expert for supplier quality issues, NCRs and customer escalations. Lead containment, root-cause analysis, 8D / SCAR corrective actions, effectiveness verification and lessons learned, with particular focus on electrical, connection, environmental and field-reliability risks. • Supplier Performance and Continuous Improvement — Establish supplier quality metrics and scorecards, conduct periodic quality reviews, support maintenance audits and drive improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, DOE, capability analysis and other structured quality methods. • Compliance and Risk Management — Support evidence and certification readiness for applicable UL, IEC, environmental, transportation and customer-specific requirements; identify supply-chain risks and implement mitigation plans for capacity, technology, quality, obsolescence and lifecycle support. • Inspection and Customer Delivery Quality — Provide technical support to incoming inspection and receiving quality, including sampling plans, inspection procedures, measurement-system analysis, statistical analysis, Material Review Board decisions and supplier-provided test-data review. Support customer samples, first-article approvals, project delivery readiness, field installation and customer escalations; ensure quality documentation, deviation control, shipment release and corrective-action communication are complete and timely. • Cross-Functional Communication — Communicate quality status, risks, decisions and escalation requirements clearly in Chinese and English to internal stakeholders, suppliers and customers as needed. Here is some of what you'll need (required): • Bachelor's degree in quality, mechanical, electrical, materials, industrial engineering or a related field. • Typically 10+ years of e