Responsibilities
- Define and Enforce Quality Standards: Establish the ultimate acceptance criteria, defect catalogs, and cosmetic/dimensional specifications for molding related components and FATP processes
- Develop Inspection & Test Strategies: Define, implement, and validate Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) and additional in-line testing methodologies. Establish the strict pass/fail limits to catch molding defects on the assembly line
- Drive Upstream Supplier Quality (SQE): Manage the quality performance of tooling and molding related part suppliers. Oversee First Article Inspections (FAI), Part Production Approval Process (PPAP), and supplier audits to ensure incoming parts meet your defined specifications
- Validate FATP Molding Processes: Act as the independent quality gate for equipment and process qualifications (IQC/OQC/IPQC). Partner with Process Engineering to ensure their processes demonstrate the capability to consistently meet your standards before green-lighting mass production
- Monitor and Audit Process Capability: Utilize statistical process control (SPC) and data analytics to track FATP molding performance. Provide the process team and Contract Manufacturers (CMs) with precise defect data and trend analysis to hold them accountable to our quality standards and for their root-cause resolutions
- Establish Quality Frameworks: Create and govern robust Control Plans, Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (pFMEA), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for molding lines
- Partner for Quality Improvement: Collaborate closely with tooling designers and process engineers from early development through mass production. Provide critical DFM feedback on tool designs and support the Process team's Design of Experiments (DOEs) with precise measurement data to systematically improve overall molding quality.
Requirements
- Extensive Quality & Tooling Experience: 7+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, SQE, or Manufacturing Quality, with a specific focus on establishing standards for tooling, plastic injection molding, transfer molding, or epoxy encapsulation
- Consumer Electronics Background: A proven track record working in high-volume consumer electronics manufacturing, ideally with small form factors or wearables
- Inspection & Measurement Expertise: Deep hands-on experience designing, qualifying, and setting the parameters for manual cosmetic inspection, Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) systems/vision systems, and in-line mechanical testing
- Strong Analytical Toolbox: Mastery of statistical analysis and quality engineering tools (JMP, Six Sigma methodologies, CPK/CP, Gauge R&R) to accurately measure process capability and inspection reliability
- Upstream & Downstream Fluency: The ability to seamlessly switch between auditing a component supplier / toolmaker's dimensional report and establishing cosmetic limits for the final FATP assembly line
- Assertive & Collaborative Mindset: You are comfortable being the objective voice of quality. You can firmly hold cross-functional teams and factories accountable to standards while maintaining highly collaborative, productive relationships
- Communication Skills: Fluency in written and spoken English, with the ability to clearly distill complex inspection data into undeniable facts for the process team to act upon
- Willingness to Travel: Ability to travel globally to supplier and contract manufacturing sites up to 40%
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Structure: Hardware NPI Quality team
Additional Information
- Ability to travel globally to supplier and contract manufacturing sites up to 40%
- Fluency in written and spoken English
