Manager, Quality Engineering

Manager, Quality Engineering

The Manager, Quality Engineering is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive, end-to-end quality strategy across engineering, manufacturing, and product support organizations. This role leads quality systems implementation, process improvement initiatives, and reliability efforts to ensure the delivery of high-quality products. The manager will lead and mentor a team of quality engineers while driving continuous improvement, compliance, and customer satisfaction.

• Define, plan, and execute quality systems strategies across engineering and manufacturing organizations.
• Develop, release, and maintain quality procedures, work instructions, and standards.
• Lead internal and external quality system audits and factory audits.
• Analyze and map business and manufacturing processes using Lean tools (e.g., Value Stream Mapping) to identify improvement opportunities.
• Drive corrective and preventive action (CAPA) systems and systemic issue resolution.
• Lead Continuous Improvement Projects (CIPs) using structured problem-solving methodologies.

• Perform failure analysis at the business and manufacturing process levels and lead 8D investigations to closure.
• Analyze nonconformance trends, yield, QPPM, and reliability metrics; develop quality scorecards.
• Conduct error code analysis, troubleshooting, and data-driven reporting.
• Support reliability testing and compliance activities including HALT, HASS, GR&R, ESD, EMC, F47, and ISTA.

• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, product support, and customers to meet quality deliverables.
• Support and lead cross-functional process improvement initiatives.
• Prepare and present project updates, reports, and executive summaries.
• Conduct benchmarking studies to identify best practices and industry trends.

• Lead, mentor, and develop assigned quality engineers.
• Drive continuous learning and professional development within the team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, quality excellence, and continuous improvement.

• 7–10 years of experience in Quality and Reliability Engineering, preferably in robotics or semiconductor equipment environments.
• Strong knowledge of reliability modeling, apportionment, and quality tools such as GR&R, HALT, HASS, ESD, EMC, F47, and ISTA.
• Proficiency with data collection, analysis tools, and instrumentation.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Strong project management capabilities with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with QMS implementation, improvement, and global rollout.
• Knowledge of SEMI standards.
• Certifications such as Six Sigma Black Belt, MES, or DM&DT.
• Japanese language proficiency (oral and written) is a plus.
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering required;
  Master's degree preferred.
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) desired but not mandatory.

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 3–5% of the time.

• $145K - $160K per year