Quality Engineer IV

Role: Quality Engineer IV

Location: Cupertino, CA (Onsite, 5 days a week)

Duration: Fulltime

Experience: 8-12 years

Duties:

Drives closure of technical operational issues related to SMT, Final Assembly, Test, and Packaging

Drives supplier's performance improvement through objective measurement and analysis of production line yields, quality audits, reliability testing, and field returns.

Works closely with Asia-based Engineers to ensure that Product Quality Plan deliverables are understood and properly executed.

Develops and enhances systems to ensure products are delivered with flawless cosmetics.

Uses lessons learned from previous programs to avoid pitfalls and shorten the production execution learning curve.

Leads sustaining quality improvement forums.

Escalates key issues and presents options for resolution to the cross-functional team and executive management.

Skills:

Expert quality management, planning, and engineering skills.

Subject matter expert for all things quality including Quality Plans, FMEA's, auditing, corrective and preventative actions, and sampling methodologies for IQC, assembly, and OQC.

Demonstrated capability with quality statistical techniques including SPC, sampling AQL's, and measurement system analysis.

Working knowledge of advanced quality techniques such as design of experiments, correlation analysis, and reliability analysis.

Basic understanding of metrology and GDT.

Discriminating eye for demanding cosmetic categorization and supplier inspection.

Keen problem-solving analytical skills capable of getting to root cause quickly in challenging environments and with tight deadlines.

Effective interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to manage and drive issues to closure in a global organization.

High-volume manufacturing experience with a detailed understanding of production processes, testing, kitting, and packaging (e.g., consumer electronics, automotive, medical devices, etc.)

Supplier management experience.