L7 Senior Supplier Quality Engineer – Electronics & Team Lead (Onsite - Acton, MA)

Job Summary

Owns the Electronics Supplier Quality function, leads and develops a team of SQEs, drives commodity-level strategy, manages executive supplier governance, and is accountable for supplier quality performance and risk management across the electronics supply base.
This individual will also maintain a hands-on role as an individual contributor, retaining responsibility for selected suppliers and execution of key tactical supplier quality activities.

Company Overview

Insulet started in 2000, driven to achieve our mission of enabling our customers to enjoy simplicity, freedom, and healthier lives using our Omnipod® product platform. In the last two decades, we have improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients who have insulin-requiring diabetes through innovative technology that is wearable, waterproof, and lifestyle accommodating.

We are on an exciting trajectory of significant growth and global expansion, enabling us to reach more patients around the globe.

We are looking for highly motivated, performance-driven individuals who want to be part of building our Center of Excellence and be at the forefront of our rapidly growing global footprint. We are looking to hire exceptional people who are guided by shared values and a desire to exceed customer expectations. Our continued success depends on it.

Position Overview

The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer – Electronics & Team Lead is responsible for leading Insulet's Electronics Supplier Quality function while providing both technical and organizational leadership across a global supplier network.

This role is accountable for supplier quality governance, supplier performance management, quality systems oversight, and execution of strategic initiatives supporting new product introduction, manufacturing expansion, supply continuity, and regulatory compliance. The individual develops, deploys, monitors, and continuously improves supplier quality systems and metrics while ensuring supplier performance aligns with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

In addition to direct supplier quality responsibilities, this role serves as a first-line people leader responsible for coaching, mentoring, and developing a team of Supplier Quality Engineers supporting the Electronics commodity. The role works closely with Supplier Development Engineering, Procurement, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Systems, and external suppliers to drive supplier performance, mitigate risk, and enable business growth.

Effective communication of supplier quality performance, organizational risks, strategic initiatives, and supplier capability is critical to the success of this position. The successful candidate will combine deep electronics manufacturing expertise with strong leadership capabilities to improve supplier quality performance, support capacity expansion, and ensure delivery of high-quality products across Insulet's global footprint.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Organizational Development

• Lead, mentor, coach, and develop a small team of Supplier Quality Engineers supporting the Electronics commodity.
• Establish team priorities, performance objectives, development plans, and succession strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex supplier quality issues, investigations, and strategic initiatives.
• Drive employee engagement, accountability, capability development, and continuous improvement within the Supplier Quality team.
• Balance team workload and resources to support business priorities, supplier initiatives, and new product development activities.
• Foster a culture of quality, collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence.

Supplier Quality Strategy & Governance

• Own supplier quality deliverables supporting Electronics category sourcing strategies, supplier governance, and continuity of production.
• Serve as the quality lead for the Electronics commodity and establish supplier quality strategies supporting business growth, manufacturing expansion, dual sourcing, and supply continuity objectives.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, scorecards, and risk metrics to assess supplier performance and supplier quality system effectiveness.
• Lead strategic supplier quality initiatives supporting cost reduction, capacity increases, supplier transfers, dual sourcing, localization efforts, and risk mitigation programs.
• Develop risk management strategies to proactively identify and mitigate product, supplier, operational, and compliance risks.
• Lead executive supplier performance reviews and governance discussions with key suppliers and in