Director, Manufacturing Excellence & Reliability

Job Description:

The Director of Manufacturing Excellence & Reliability is responsible for developing and executing the manufacturing quality and reliability strategy for utility-scale inverter products produced by contract manufacturing partners. This leader oversees Manufacturing Excellence, Quality & Supplier Excellence, and Reliability & Product Integrity to ensure products consistently meet safety, quality, performance, cost, and reliability objectives throughout their lifecycle.

Leadership
- Key responsibilities

Define the organization’s manufacturing excellence strategy

Develop annual objectives and key results (OKRs) aligned with business goals

Build a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence

Lead and mentor engineering teamsManufacturing
- Key responsibilities

Establish manufacturing readiness requirements

Approve production readiness for new products

Oversee manufacturing process capability

Drive automation and process optimizationQuality
- Key responsibilities

Own supplier and contract manufacturer quality performance

Lead executive supplier reviews

Ensure robust CAPA and quality management systemsReliability
- Key responsibilities

Own product reliability strategy

Review qualification programs

Drive warranty reduction initiatives

Monitor field performanceBusiness
- Key responsibilities

Own the customer relationship for Manufacturing, Quality, and Reliability engagements, including hosting customer visits, audits, technical reviews, factory acceptance activities, and executive meetings.

Manage departmental budget

Support customer quality reviews

Report executive KPIsQualificationsBS/MS in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering Fluent English and Spanish (written and spoken) , other European languages are a plus.
12+ years in power electronics manufacturing

Experience with contract manufacturers

Leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams

Proficient in APQP, FMEA, SPC, Lean, Six Sigma, and reliability engineering

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