NPI Quality Manager

Advanced Energy; Carmen; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Energy seeks a NPI Factory Quality Manager to lead quality efforts for new product introductions, partnering with engineering and manufacturing to ensure quality, reliability, and manufacturability. You will drive robust quality strategies, manage risks, and guide a team of quality engineers through data-driven improvements during the NPI phase.

You will maintain KPI discipline, coordinate with QPM and Program managers, and act as the quality lead during customer audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; 10 years quality engineering in manufacturing recommended.
• Minimum five to ten years of quality engineering experience.
• Minimum five years in a quality manager role.

Responsibilities

• Define NPI factory site quality KPIs vs global KPIs and create execution plans.
• Coach and manage multiple quality engineers to ensure quality support for NPI projects.
• Ensure customer requirements are well received and deployed to factory.
• Provide DFx feedback from design to minimize NPI build risks.
• Ensure process qualification on key processes per project.
• Review NPI build performance reports and issue factory quality statements.

Skills

Quality engineering

APQP tools

NPI program management

8D problem solving

Process control

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Advanced degree

MBA

Tools

SPC

MS Office

FMEA

Job description

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY?

Some people say it’s like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company – you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we’re a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy – powering the future, together.

POSITION SUMMARY

The NPI Factory Quality Manager is a critical role responsible for ensuring that all new products are launched with the expected standards of quality, reliability, and manufacturability. This individual will serve as the primary quality interface between engineering, manufacturing during NPI process. And be responsible for developing and executing robust quality strategies, managing risks, and ensuring a seamless transition from product development to mass production.

This individual will manage quality engineers to ensure below key activities are well executed for each of NPI project and provide necessary daily coach to quality engineer team to drive continual improvements during NPI phase with data driven approach.

• Ensure execution of PQP (Product Quality Planning) delivered from design site QPM (Quality Program Manager)
• Ensure the factory NPI production line under quality control, firewall/line stop control.
• Review and approve on process qualification
• Leadership inside factory NPI production / process driving for actins on all build issues (Manufacturing/Design)
• Coordinate and consolidate build performance report within factory NPI team and align quality statement to QPM (Quality program manager) & Program manager.
• Owner of the Safe Launch Control Plan/CTQ/Process Control Plan and to drive Flawless launch results.

This individual will adhere to global NPI quality strategy KPIs and Goals, create goal plan, keep regular KPI review within factory NPI team in order to meet the NPI quality KPIs.

This individual will be also key factory quality contact window during customer NPI audit or visit to ensure customer expectation are well communicated and followed in factory site.

Core Responsibilities:

• Define NPI factory site quality KPIs Vs. Global NPI quality KPIs, create execution plan and keep regular KPI updates. (weekly & monthly)
• Coach and managing multiple quality engineering to ensure quality support on each of NPI projects following the NPI development requirement and procedure.
• Ensure customer requirement well received in factory and deployed to factory.
• Ensure DFx earlier feedback to design site to minimize risk during NPI builds and escaping to mass production.
• Ensure process qualification on key process of each project/
• Ensure the fundamental NPI quality control executed in NPI production lines. (eg: shop floor control system, traceability system, SPC on critical process, line stop mechanism, CAPA action drive mechanism, CTQ deployment, product/process control plan execution, OQA/In line QA/IPQA controls.
• Review and Approve each NPI build performance report and provide factory quality statement matching with QPM (Quality program manager).
• Host customer visit or audit in the NPI production lines.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical field from an accredited institution; Advanced Degree in Engineering / Science - desired; MBA – desired
• Minimum Five (10) years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment is a must
• Minimum 5 years of Quality manager background.
• Aggressive and straightforward on driving problem solving and quality improvements.
• Willing to take challenge task and leadership roles
• Strong interpersonal communication and listening ability.
• Practical experience in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) tools, tool usage and NPI program management
• Competent in problem solving tools such as 8D methodology: Is-Is Not, Fishbone diagram, Brainstorming and 3x 5 Why
• Competent in quality tools, and process/production control methods such as: Control Plans, FMEA, MSA, SPC and Product life cycle and Reliability
• Ability to read and interpret specifications to ensure the understanding of the agreed quality parameters and product specific requirements.

Preferred

• Knowledge of customer specific requirements
• Knowledge of manufacturing on highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions for several applications and processes.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)