<div><p>The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will play a key role in ensuring world-class performance of the Zoox prototype and production Seating and Vehicle Interiors supply base, and drive continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, driven, energetic, detailed, and team-oriented, with deep hands-on knowledge of seat systems and interior trim manufacturing.</p><p>Candidates with experience across seating and interior commodities — seat structures and mechanisms, foam-in-place and molded foam, cut-and-sew and trim covers, door trim, headliners, and carpet — and a strong working understanding of manufacturing processes such as injection molding, foam molding, cut-and-sew, lamination and wrapping, welding and stamping of seat frames, and electromechanical sub-assembly will be highly preferred.</p></div><br><br><h3>In this role, you will: </h3><ul><div><li>Partner with Vehicle Interiors Engineering, Design, and Strategic Sourcing to select suppliers based on manufacturing capability, capacity, and quality maturity.</li><li>Collaborate with suppliers on design reviews to ensure seats and interior trim parts are manufacturable, and explore new production techniques and materials where needed.</li><li> Lead the supplier industrialization process from design through production ramp-up, including soft tooling to hard tooling transitions.</li><li>Support suppliers with tooling, foam molds, sew fixtures, gauges, and process qualifications; witness and approve tooling and process buy-offs on site.</li><li>Drive the APQP process and support PPAP through start of production, including dimensional, material, appearance, and performance validation.</li><li>Own craftsmanship and appearance quality for occupant-facing surfaces — grain, gloss, color and material matching, gap and flush, seam quality, stitch integrity, and trim fit — and establish master and boundary sample processes with suppliers.</li><li> Ensure supplier compliance with seating safety and interior material requirements, including occupant safety performance, flammability, and durability testing.</li><li> Assess supplier readiness for vehicle builds and help manage production risk ahead of each build phase.</li><li>Train suppliers on Zoox quality systems and review prototype and production part quality documentation.</li><li>Lead root cause and corrective action efforts (8D) for supplier quality issues, and support Manufacturing, Quality, and Vehicle Engineering with analysis and disposition of suspect supplier material.</li><li>Monitor and report supplier quality metrics to drive ongoing improvement across the seating and interiors supply base.</li><li> Use lean and quality tools to improve yield, first-time-through quality, and cycle time throughout the supply base.</li><li>Improve Zoox supplier quality processes such as supplier assessments, supplier management, part approval, and corrective actions.</li><li>Be ready for up to 40% domestic and international travel, sometimes on short notice.</li></div></ul><h3>Qualifications </h3><ul><div><li>Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Materials, or a related engineering field.</li><li>8+ years of experience in quality, supplier quality, or manufacturing — ideally in automotive. </li><li>Direct experience with seating and/or interior trim commodities and their supply base.</li><li>Hands-on experience launching new products (NPI) and creating or improving quality systems.</li><li>Experience with manufacturing processes such as injection molding, foam-in-place and molded foam, cut-and-sew, lamination and wrapping, stamping and welding, and electromechanical assembly.</li><li>Skilled in structured problem-solving methods such as Six Sigma, 8D, Pareto analysis, DOE, fishbone, and Is/Is-Not.</li><li>Familiar with core quality tools: process flow diagrams, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, and process capability studies.</li></div></ul><h3>Bonus Qualifications </h3><ul><div><li>Experience with seat safety and regulatory requirements, and with seat and trim durability and abuse testing.</li><li>Experience with soft trim materials — leather, textiles, TPO/PVC skins, foams and adhesives — and with material and appearance approval processes.</li><li>Experience with seat comfort and craftsmanship evaluation, including CMF (color, material, finish) alignment with Design.</li><li>Familiarity with seat electronics and mechanisms such as occupant detection sensors, heaters, motors, recliners, and tracks.</li><li> Experience with tooling and fixture validation.</li><li>Certifications such as CQE, ASQ Quality Auditor, or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt.</li></div></ul><br>

<p>Zoox is developing the first fully electric autonomous vehicles to support low-carbon transportation and to decrease congestion and reliance on individual car ownership in urban areas.&nbsp;</p>

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

<div><p>The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will play a key role in ensuring world-class performance of the Zoox prototype and production Seating and Vehicle Interiors supply base, and drive continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, driven, energetic, detailed, and team-oriented, with deep hands-on knowledge of seat systems and interior trim manufacturing.</p><p>Candidates with experience across seating and interior commodities — seat structures and mechanisms, foam-in-place and molded foam, cut-and-sew and trim covers, door trim, headliners, and carpet — and a strong working understanding of manufacturing processes such as injection molding, foam molding, cut-and-sew, lamination and wrapping, welding and stamping of seat frames, and electromechanical sub-assembly will be highly preferred.</p></div><br /><br /><h3>In this role, you will: </h3><ul><div><li>Partner with Vehicle Interiors Engineering, Design, and Strategic Sourcing to select suppliers based on manufacturing capability, capacity, and quality maturity.</li><li>Collaborate with suppliers on design reviews to ensure seats and interior trim parts are manufacturable, and explore new production techniques and materials where needed.</li><li> Lead the supplier industrialization process from design through production ramp-up, including soft tooling to hard tooling transitions.</li><li>Support suppliers with tooling, foam molds, sew fixtures, gauges, and process qualifications; witness and approve tooling and process buy-offs on site.</li><li>Drive the APQP process and support PPAP through start of production, including dimensional, material, appearance, and performance validation.</li><li>Own craftsmanship and appearance quality for occupant-facing surfaces — grain, gloss, color and material matching, gap and flush, seam quality, stitch integrity, and trim fit — and establish master and boundary sample processes with suppliers.</li><li> Ensure supplier compliance with seating safety and interior material requirements, including occupant safety performance, flammability, and durability testing.</li><li> Assess supplier readiness for vehicle builds and help manage production risk ahead of each build phase.</li><li>Train suppliers on Zoox quality systems and review prototype and production part quality documentation.</li><li>Lead root cause and corrective action efforts (8D) for supplier quality issues, and support Manufacturing, Quality, and Vehicle Engineering with analysis and disposition of suspect supplier material.</li><li>Monitor and report supplier quality metrics to drive ongoing improvement across the seating and interiors supply base.</li><li> Use lean and quality tools to improve yield, first-time-through quality, and cycle time throughout the supply base.</li><li>Improve Zoox supplier quality processes such as supplier assessments, supplier management, part approval, and corrective actions.</li><li>Be ready for up to 40% domestic and international travel, sometimes on short notice.</li></div></ul><h3>Qualifications </h3><ul><div><li>Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Materials, or a related engineering field.</li><li>8+ years of experience in quality, supplier quality, or manufacturing — ideally in automotive. </li><li>Direct experience with seating and/or interior trim commodities and their supply base.</li><li>Hands-on experience launching new products (NPI) and creating or improving quality systems.</li><li>Experience with manufacturing processes such as injection molding, foam-in-place and molded foam, cut-and-sew, lamination and wrapping, stamping and welding, and electromechanical assembly.</li><li>Skilled in structured problem-solving methods such as Six Sigma, 8D, Pareto analysis, DOE, fishbone, and Is/Is-Not.</li><li>Familiar with core quality tools: process flow diagrams, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, and process capability studies.</li></div></ul><h3>Bonus Qualifications </h3><ul><div><li>Experience with seat safety and regulatory requirements, and with seat and trim durability and abuse testing.</li><li>Experience with soft trim materials — leather, textiles, TPO/PVC skins, foams and adhesives — and with material and appearance approval processes.</li><li>Experience with seat comfort and craftsmanship evaluation, including CMF (color, material, finish) alignment with Design.</li><li>Familiarity with seat electronics and mechanisms such as occupant detection sensors, heaters, motors, recliners, and tracks.</li><li> Experience with tooling and fixture validation.</li><li>Certifications such as CQE, ASQ Quality Auditor, or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt.</li></div></ul><br />

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