100% onsite position in Fremont

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS)

Main point of contact for process quality issues, including any inspection activities, priorities and escalations.

Collaborate with production teams to address quality issues and implement corrective actions.

Collaborate with PE/TE/PM to ensure alignment on quality objectives and priorities.

Support regular inspections and audits of manufacturing processes and products to identify defects or deviations from quality standards.

Provide a guidance of the acceptance criteria on the cosmetic issues to QC and MFG team.

Coordinate and resolve Stop line, Quarantine and QRQC (Quick Response Quality Control) issues.

• Refocusing QA resources from data-gathering/reporting to using audit for driving process improvement opportunities.
• Direct QA resources in performing primarily in-line audits to auditing primary upstream processes.
• Establish and build closer links between site QA teams and Engineering / Manufacturing teams.
• Work with internal Production, Engineering, Shipping/Receiving, Warehouse, Program Managers and Procurement to meet quality standards.
• Develop proactive solutions and implement Quality department strategies across the organization.
• Customer-facing site-based QA representative who can effectively present and communicate to internal customers and other areas.
• Direct site QA teams to maintain consistent standards & metrics & to share/implement best practices across products.
• Review and approve Product and Processes Corrective and Prevention Action Plans (8Ds) and perform additional assessment and analysis as assigned.
• Perform failure analyses, root cause analysis and corrective action follow-up.
• Assess and evaluate all reliability testing, equipment service and calibration and the verification process.
• Execute internal audits on QMS, EMS, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.
• Coordinate UL (Underwriter’s Laboratory) and other regulatory factory audits.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or relevant discipline plus 3 years of experience including a combination of 2 years in contract manufacturing, 3 years in quality control and 3 years in a leadership position or equivalent combination of experience.
• Prior manufacturing engineering and quality experience.
• Proven understanding of mechanical drawing and/or tools.
• Experience with server/computer, build or repair processes.
• Knowledge of key customer processes (i.e. Microsoft, etc.)
• Demonstrated background in interfacing with key customers within the high tech industry and experience working across multiple sites sharing best practices & implementing process improvements.
• Working knowledge of MS Office programs; Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Hands on experience with quality system training including understanding of SPC (Statistics Process Control) principles and tools.
• Established ability prioritizing and managing multiple projects to meet strict deadlines.
• Flexibility to work in a fast-paced, high volume, and diverse environment across functions to produce expected results.
• Able to work as business needs require which may include long days, occasional evenings and weekends, and travel to all manufacturing and warehouse locations, for business meetings or training.