Product Quality Manager - Cupertino, United States - Russell Tobin

Description

Job Title: Technical Program Manager/Product Quality Manager

Location: Cupertino, CA

Duration: 12 Months (with possible extension)

Key Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering
• Excellent project management skills, demonstrated ability to effectively manage OEM factories
• Demonstrated ability to work within a matrix organization
• Experience in managing a product from early development builds through steady state production
• Experience in developing factory infrastructure requirements, process flows, end-to-end factory layout, setting equipment requirements
• Direct experience in developing processes, tools and equipment for final assembly
• Experience in performing DFM/DFT, Tolerance Analysis, DOE, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Process Control
• Functional understanding of surface mount technology and data center hardware is a plus
• JMP, Minitab & Six Sigma experience is a plus

Description of Responsibilities

• Technical lead for manufacturing operations at multiple vendors and production sites
• Driving contract manufacturer preparation for pre-production builds
• Production process development, documentation, optimization and validation
• Leads development of production equipment and fixturing in conjunction with CMs and equipment vendors
• Leads DFM analysis and works in conjunction with HW engineering in optimizing the design
• Manages development builds and production ramp
• Works all phases of a product from concept to repeat manufacturing to end of life
• Generates Product Quality Plan (PQP) across supply chain (component suppliers to FATP)
• Manages quality across the supply chain and leads root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Works with customer teams on tracking in-the-field failures/RMAs and drives corrective actions
• Manages weekly tech ops and quality updates
• Requires travel to factories in Asia and North America (~25% of the time)