What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Quality and Reliability position at Aprilaire?
Overview
Aprilaire is currently seeking a Director of Product Reliability & Quality. In this role you will execute product quality and reliability strategy by working cross-functionally to develop and build a high performing team and coach and mentor the organization to deliver products as reflected by the best six-sigma practices.
Responsibilities
- Building a high performance team & leading them to implement Design for Quality, Design for Reliability, Design for manufacturing using Six Sigma and robust product design principles throughout RP organization.
- Leading, staffing, coaching and developing a team of professional engineering resources is a key accountability, driving career development of the team
- Staying current on industry Best Practice and deploy as needed
- Accountability for daily workload management, developing and managing resource plans as well as the engineering and validation budgets, and prioritization of projects.
- Delivering products with quality, reliability and robustness through fundamental reliability studies and physics-of-failure approaches.
- Guiding product development team to deliver robust products through translation of customer requirement to product specifications (at component, subsystem & system level), leading to development of FMEA and test / field test plans.
- Being the final authority for validation of product approval for performance and reliability. In addition to the new product qualification, responsibility extends to design and execution of the on-going product testing platform. Responsible to conduct quality compliance & product safety for products
- Building and lead Failure Review Boards, oversee Failure Mode Analysis, Risk Management & Hazard Analysis, and Worst Case Analysis.
- Development of company's quality & reliability metrics and programs to systematically increase reliability- Product Quality & Reliability Health assurance for all platforms
- Developing strategy & execute plan to build World Class Testing facility. Develop & execute plans to deliver UL and other code & agency requirements through RP labs to achieve accreditation by UL, ETL, CSA, etc. Lead laboratory team to achieve control and automation of laboratory equipment to maximize equipment utilization.
- Deepen key subject matter expertise on the reliability & test teams - thermodynamics, noise & vibration, sensors, embedded electronics
- Develop a strategic quality & reliability framework for entering new product categories, and ensure our high standards of quality when working with new partners & finished goods suppliers
- Engage reliability efforts with real-world insights from contractor & homeowners. Identify and test for a wide variety of in-field systems, regional requirements, and site conditions; and manage field validation of new products
- Build a comprehensive product health management program - assessing the quality performance of our portfolios & triggering early corrective action by synthesizing a variety of inputs such as returns, service parts, customer calls, sales feedback, and online reviews.
- Exhibit a bias for action - not only identifying issues with new or existing products but driving issues to closure with thoroughness and urgency
- Make our proprietary test methodologies a key competitive advantage, including anticipating trends in equipment, usage patterns, and regulatory codes.
- Work cross-functionally and engage with our senior leadership team in our organization-wide pursuit of exceptional quality. Develop the overarching quality KPIs so we can assess gaps and drive progress.
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