What We Do

At Terabase Energy, we believe digitalization and automation will drive the next wave of innovation and cost reduction in utility-scale solar power. We’re a team of trailblazers, innovators, and builders—combining solar industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to accelerate the renewable energy transition. By joining us, you’ll contribute directly to our mission: scaling solar and storage deployment to power a cleaner future.

Job Summary:

The Supplier Quality Engineer ensures that all purchased components and assemblies delivered to Terabase meet required specifications, compliance standards, and quality expectations. They establish and oversee a reliable incoming inspection process, ensure timely and accurate identification of supplier non-conformities, and drive effective containment and corrective actions. Their work protects the production line by safeguarding part quality, minimizing disruptions, and ensuring continuity of supply.

Accountabilities & Authorities:

Incoming Inspection Management:

• Support the implementation of supplier quality control plans and ensure they are correctly applied during incoming inspections and receiving processes.
• Maintain and update inspection work instructions, visual standards, and checklists to support accurate verification of incoming parts.
• Ensure inspection records, traceability documents, and supplier quality data are properly logged, stored, and attached in ERP / QMS systems.
• Monitor adherence to inspection procedures, tool calibration requirements, documentation accuracy, and nonconformity classification standards.
• Coordinate external lab testing or third-party inspections when additional validation is required for supplier components.
• Recommend updates to control plans and inspection criteria whenever defects or recurring non-conformities are detected.
• Provide feedback to suppliers regarding non-conformities, drive containment actions, and support supplier corrective actions (SCAR).
• Track supplier performance trends (PPM, on-time delivery, SCAR status) and support supplier reviews and maturity assessments.

Supplier Nonconformity Management:

• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely and effective containment actions to prevent disruption to the manufacturing line.
• Facilitate supplier root-cause analysis (5-Why, Ishikawa, 8D) and support verification of corrective actions to ensure issues are resolved and prevented from recurring.
• Support the documentation and tracking of supplier-related nonconformities, including NCRs, SCARs, and validation evidence.
• Assist in tracking supplier cost-of-non-quality (CONQ) impacts and provide supporting documentation for internal review.
• Coordinate supplier remedial actions, including retrofits, part replacements, rework confirmation, and validation reports.
• Monitor supplier waiver requests to ensure risk is assessed, approvals follow procedure, and traceability is maintained.
• Support internal stakeholders (Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality) through visibility of supplier defect trends, response time, and containment effectiveness

Supplier Qualification & Assessment/Audit:

o Execute supplier qualification assessments using pre-defined audit checklists.

o Maintain supplier quality status records, approved vendor lists, and risk assessments.

o Conduct Pre-Industrial Supplier Maturity assessments using approved tools and checklists

o Validate supplier compliance (ISO 9001, NDA, cybersecurity protocols)

o Maintain supplier quality readiness data: audit scores, compliance levels

o Conduct supplier audits (manufacturing, quality system, documentation).

o Maintain audit records and track corrective actions to closure.

o Monitor supplier compliance with required quality and data security standards.

o Conduct surveillance audits using established templates

o Track CAPA follow-up, escalate delayed closures

o Document supplier process improvements and quality gates

PPAP / APQP / Engineering Change Support:

o Implement PPAP elements (FMEA, Control Plans, PFMEA, ISIR, PSW inspection reports) using defined templates.

o Track and record nonconformances (NCR), supplier deviations, and approval status.

o Support Engineering with drawing reviews and specification compliance communication.

o Conduct DFM (Design for Manufacturing) readiness checks (execution stage)

o Coordinate Engineering Change Notification (ECN) handling from suppliers

o Coordinate FAI’s activities

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