Quality Engineering Manager

Calnetix Technologies is a growing engineering and manufacturing company located in Southern California. We are making a positive contribution to society and the environment by helping to change the way the world harvests and utilizes energy. We enable OEMs across a wide range of industries to enhance and differentiate their current products and to innovate toward creating new products and markets.

In partnership with OEMs, we utilize our innovative, high-speed motor generator technologies to help meet industry demand for more energy-efficient products that reduce energy consumption, reduce harmful emissions and enhance energy security.

The role of the Quality Manager is to plan, develop, and execute programs to support Calnetix Technologies’ business strategy and objectives. This role will interface across multiple business units, departments and functions to drive programs and initiatives that ensure goals are achieved.

The individual will act as a management representative for Quality Assurance and ensure that policies and procedures are accurately interpreted and implemented.

• Actively solicit feedback from business unit, department and function leadership on support needs and quality program effectiveness to develop short and long-term strategic plans for improvement with associated action plans and metrics.
• Initiate, lead, and facilitate quality improvement and strategic initiatives through the effective application of business process improvement methodologies.
• Maintain Quality Management System in accordance with company guidelines and direction.
• Maintain and direct internal audits as scheduled and required
• Investigate and drive to conclusion customer complaints regarding quality.
• Direct the job functions of assigned employees engaged in quality engineering, inspection, testing and production support related activities to assure control over materials, processes and products.
• Create and implement effective risk management strategies and improvement, including through the development of standard work, analysis, trending and reporting.
• Lead and coach team for improved performance. Identify and develop high potential employees, conduct performance evaluations, disciplinary action within company guidelines.
• Plan, promote and organize training activities related to product quality and reliability. Make staffing recommendations and reassignment of duties as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline with 10 years relevant experience in discrete product manufacturing environment with direct responsibility for overall quality assurance/control processes or any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
• Certification and/or in-depth working knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, 8D, 5S, Kaizen, and statistical process control (SPC) methodologies.
• Prior quality leadership role within low volume/high mix environment with emphasis in complex high precision machined parts and electro-mechanical assemblies for diverse and demanding (aerospace, defense, medical) applications.
• Quality experience relating to supplier capability assessment, problem resolution and supply chain development/improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, in oral and written form, along with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the organization.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment with outstanding follow up skills
• Experience working within formal quality management system (AS9100, ISO
  9001:2015, etc.) environment.
• Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. Calnetix will not sponsor applicants for immigration, including for H-1B, TN and other non-immigrant Visas

• Self-starter with strong bias for results and continuous process improvement.
• Experience in driving change management initiatives across an organization
• Versatility - capable of strategic thinking while executing near term goals and objectives
• Ability to grasp new concepts quickly.