JOB SUMMARY:

During product development, this role participates in guiding the design for quality, manufacturability and producibility, while ensuring suppliers and processes are capable of meeting requirements and applicable standards and regulations. After the initial design and development is complete, transitioning the product to manufacturing is a critical aspect of this role. You will become a key technical interface between engineering development and operations, provide metrics/feedback to the organization, and leading improvement.
During manufacturing, this role works to improve process capability, repeatability, and efficiency as well as product quality. This is accomplished by working with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers and the customer. This role will focus on delivering quality product that meets customer requirements, identifying opportunities for yield improvement, process improvement, and product cost-reduction methods. An emphasis for this role is developing/improving underlying practices and processes to enable consistency, efficiency and ability to scale.
This role will participate and/or lead failure analysis in manufacturing, interface with manufacturing and quality personnel to train and transfer processes & knowledge, and engage with suppliers to drive improvement and implement process controls.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS in a technical discipline (mechanical engineering degree ideal).
• Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of experience in a manufacturing engineering, operations project management, or quality position for complex electromechanical assemblies and systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within and across departments and the company to support organization strategies.
• Ability to maintain the professional competence, knowledge, and skill necessary for the performance of all assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Knowledge of relevant quality standards, methods and practices.
• Knowledge of fault trees and statistical process control.
• Experience working in a matrix organization, supporting multiple products and projects.
• Proven record of initiative, problem solving and the ability to recognize and implement improvements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working on DoD programs.
• Oracle, Solidworks, Jira, and Jama software is a plus.

• Develop and implement product quality plans, PFMEA, control plans, etc.
• Ensure product compliance through a comprehensive set of functional tests and inspections.
• Participate in the qualification of new suppliers and internal processes.
• Understand sources of variation in the supply chain, manufacturing & test processes and control them.
• Assist in the evaluation and improvement of manufacturing processes, through lean concepts and Zero-Defect plans.
• Lead robust 8D root-cause and corrective action, working with engineering, suppliers and customers.
• Effectively review, implement, and flow down changes (ECOs) into manufacturing and the supply chain, including material disposition actions.
• Execute processes for non-conforming material and the efficient management of MRB.
• Drive effective failure analysis, and responsive communication to customers.
• Measure, communicate and show improvement.
• Facilitate continuous improvement of product and process throughout the organization. Drive effective corrective action.
• Monitor, measure and communicate metrics (KPIs) on a predicted cadence.
• Review customer score cards and ensure alignment of improvement initiatives to customer satisfaction.
• Interface and communicate with customers regularly, providing quality status as required.
• Promote adherence to the Quality Management System (AS9100), and drive improvements.
• Participate in internal and external audits and provide results.