Job Description

Do you enjoy driving supplier quality excellence and influencing manufacturing performance across a global supply base?

Are you passionate about ensuring product quality, compliance, and continuous improvement from supplier qualification through production?

Partnering with the best

Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company operating in over 120 countries. Our Supply Chain and Quality teams play a critical role in delivering high-quality products that exceed customer expectations while ensuring regulatory compliance and operational excellence. Through strong supplier partnerships, robust quality management systems, and continuous improvement initiatives, we drive superior quality performance across our global operations.

Fueling your passion

As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you are leading supplier quality initiatives to ensure exceptional product quality, supplier compliance, and manufacturing excellence. You are partnering with sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, and supplier teams to drive supplier qualification, quality improvements, and new product introductions. You are utilizing advanced quality methodologies to enhance supplier performance, minimize defects, and optimize cost of quality. You are serving as a technical leader in supplier quality, helping ensure products are delivered on time, every time, and in full compliance with customer, industry, and regulatory requirements

As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you are responsible for:

• Acting as the focal point for supplier quality execution supporting critical and highly engineered products in the United States.
• Driving quality performance for assigned suppliers through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leading supplier approval and qualification processes through robust onboarding programs.
• Developing and promoting a strong Quality Management System (QMS) culture across supplier facilities.
• Partnering with Sourcing Leaders to manage supplier changes, engineering changes, product transfers, and New Product Introductions (NPI).
• Collaborating with suppliers and supply chain teams to drive quality improvements and operational excellence.
• Delivering results through key supplier quality metrics including yield, defect rates, corrective actions, and supplier performance.
• Utilizing supplier scorecards, audits, and improvement plans to drive supplier compliance and performance.
• Driving Lean and Six Sigma principles across supplier operations and quality processes.
• Providing advanced quality engineering expertise for new products, manufacturing technologies, and automated processes.
• Specifying, developing, and validating advanced quality systems, testing methods, and inspection equipment.
• Supporting investigations of major quality issues, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Acting as a quality consultant to Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality teams for product and process improvements.
• Developing product acceptance criteria, testing procedures, and quality standards for complex products and manufacturing processes.
• Providing leadership on special quality projects and supplier development initiatives.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Manufacturing, Production, Industrial, Automotive Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Have 10+ years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, or Vendor Quality functions.
• Have hands-on experience with one or more manufacturing processes such as investment casting, sand casting, forging, machining, fabrication, welding, heat treatment, dimensional inspection, coating, or NDT inspection methods.
• Have experience managing supplier qualifications and working with cross-functional and/or global teams to drive supplier improvement initiatives.
• Have the ability to review technical documents and components against standards such as ASTM, ASME, PED, IEC, ANSI, CE, CSA, UL, or other recognized industry and international standards.
• Have strong knowledge of inspection and measurement systems, GD&T, and engineering drawings.
• Have hands-on expertise in one or more of the following:
• Machining and raw material processing techniques.
• Manufacturing Process Planning (MPP), FMEA, and Control Plans.
• Tooling and fixture selection.
• Quality control, inspection techniques, supplier process validation, or NDT methods including RT, UT, and LPI.
• Have strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Have strong Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) awareness and regulatory knowledge.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a results-oriented mindset.
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Have willingness to travel more than 50% of the time.
• Have the highest level of integrity and professionalism.

Desired Qualifications

• Have experience within one or more highly regulated or technically demanding industries such as Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Aerospace, Defense, Industrial Manufacturing, Medical Devices, or Nuclear.
• Have sourcing or supplier management experience.
• Have Green Belt or Black Belt certification in Six Sigma.
• Have international business or supplier development experience.
• Have Lead Auditor Certification (ISO 9001 or equivalent Quality Management Systems).
• Have strong negotiation and supplier engagement skills.
• Have demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to guide and influence teams.
• Have experience supporting products, suppliers, or projects subject to stringent quality, regulatory, or customer-specific requirements.
• Experience supporting nuclear programs, suppliers, codes, standards, or quality requirements is preferred but not required.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working With Us

Our people are at the heart of what we do. We know we are better when our teams feel supported, engaged, and empowered. We invest in the well‑being of our workforce, provide opportunities for growth, and build leaders who bring out the best in others.

Working For You

At Baker Hughes, we reward those who embrace change and contribute to our ongoing success. You can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.

This position requires current work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to provide or continue work authorization sponsorship for this role.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sourcing Advisor - Supplier Quality Engineering