Job Description
Role: Advanced Supplier Quality Engineer
Location: Porto, Portugal
Type of contract: permanent, full-time
Carrier is the leading worldwide provider of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security, and cold chain solutions. We invented the modern air conditioning, and our team of pioneers and innovators have a long history of developing new technologies.
Addvolt , now part of Carrier, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, delivers advanced electrification technology, integrated power management and power electronics capabilities for transport refrigeration and auxiliary systems. Driving innovation in the electrification and decarbonization of onboard systems for refrigerated trailers, trucks, vans and containers, Addvolt empowers fleets to avoid fuel usage, reduce major emissions and operate efficiently at a remarkably low noise level. By combining Addvolt’s innovative power solutions with Carrier Transicold’s expertise in transport refrigeration, we are enhancing the value we deliver to fleets, original equipment manufacturers and logistics operators worldwide. Together with Carrier, we are accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, efficient and intelligent cold chain. WHO WE ARE
Addvolt is a technology powerhouse with a mission to make goods transportation cleaner and quieter. We developed and offer the world’s first plug-in hybrid system for refrigerated transport, enabling refrigerated trucks to perform cold operations in electric mode with reduced noise and no local emissions.
Our customers are at the heart of every innovation. Working with our partners is a continuous learning opportunity, and joining Addvolt means helping deliver the future of transport today.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Addvolt is seeking an Advanced Supplier Quality Engineer with high energy, strong ownership, sound technical judgment, and a prevention-first mindset to join our Quality Team in Porto. This is a combined role covering both advanced supplier quality during project development and operational supplier quality throughout serial production.
Working as the supplier-quality interface between Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Management, Manufacturing, Operations, and suppliers, the Advanced Supplier Quality Engineer owns supplier quality across the complete product lifecycle. During the project phase, the role supports design and sourcing decisions, leads supplier APQP, validates manufacturing feasibility, controls supplier industrialization risk, and secures PPAP and launch readiness. During serial production, the role manages supplier performance, non-conformities, containment, corrective actions, changes, audits, escalation, and supplier development to protect production and customers.
The successful candidate will be equally effective upstream and downstream: challenging manufacturability and quality risks with Engineering before design release, driving suppliers to demonstrate robust and capable processes before SOP, and responding decisively to operational quality issues after launch. The role requires frequent presence at supplier sites and close support to Operations when supplier performance affects safety, quality, delivery, cost, or customer commitments.
As Advanced Supplier Quality Engineer you will:
Project quality, supplier selection and risk management
· Partner with Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Program Management to assess supplier technical capability, quality maturity, capacity, business continuity, and launch risk before nomination.
· Plan and lead supplier quality system, process, product, and special-process audits; define evidence-based findings, accountable owners, due dates, and verification of closure.
· Approve suppliers and manufacturing locations only when objective evidence demonstrates that requirements, controls, competence, capacity, and risk mitigation are adequate.
· Maintain risk-based supplier segmentation and…