Senior source quality engineer – temporary (12 months) location: ciudad juarez, chihuahua, mexico job description the senior supplier quality engineer will support and lead quality engineering activities throughout new product development and ongoing manufacturing. Responsibilities include resolution of nonconformances (root cause, corrective action), capa, quality system and process improvement activities, ensuring conformance to iso, fda, and mdd quality systems, and supporting j&j’s process excellence initiatives. Responsibilities provide leadership in design and implementation of world‑class quality engineering throughout the product life cycle, focusing on reliability, root cause/corrective action risk management, analytics/statistical techniques, requirements management, verification & validation, and design control. Drive correction, corrective action, prevention, detection of defects at the earliest phase of product design and continuous improvement to increase customer satisfaction. Provide leadership and technical expertise to ensure conformance to iso, fda, and mdd‑based quality systems. Review and approve the release of new products, ensuring quality requirements are met. Provide leadership & support to j&j process excellence initiatives including six‑sigma, design excellence & lean thinking. Direct development and consistent application of quality policies & procedures in product design & development, secondary development, manufacturing, external manufacturers & suppliers. Responsible for following and administering safety. Compliance with safety policies and procedures. Follow j&j and ees records management policies for convenience information, records retention schedules, training and education, document hold notices, records cleanout, inactive records, information management, vital records, and third‑party vendor requirements as applicable. Other responsibilities may be assigned; not all responsibilities listed may be assigned. Responsible for communicating business‑related issues or opportunities to the next management level. Responsible for following all company guidelines related to health, safety, and environmental practices as applicable. Qualifications extensive validation experience is critical. Ability to independently manage complex validations. Potential travel up to >50% to guadalajara. Bi‑lingual – spanish/english. Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, industrial, preferred) or applicable science. Cqe, cre, cqa 2–ratings, gb preferred. Generally requires 4–6 years of related experience. Preferred skills business alignment coaching compliance management controls compliance developing others inclusive leadership iso 9001 leadership persistence and tenacity quality control (qc) quality processes quality standards quality systems documentation report writing technologically savvy vendor selection workflow analysis j-18808-ljbffr