Senior Hardware Quality Leader - NPI & Supplier Quality

Engg; Spanish Fork (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision coverage

401k with match up to 4%

Flexible PTO

Job summary

LVT is seeking a Hardware Quality Engineering Manager to build and lead a multidisciplinary team at our Spanish Fork facility in Utah. You will drive non-conformance resolution, validate test methods, and ensure ISO 9001‑compliant quality systems across production lines.

With 6+ years in hardware quality or manufacturing engineering and 2+ years in management, you’ll shape supplier quality, GA, and NPI involvement to deliver reliable, safe products for customers.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hardware quality or manufacturing engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a direct engineering management or team leadership role.
• Strong track record establishing quality documentation and processes aligned with ISO 9001 standards within a lean manufacturing context.
• Deep expertise in Root Cause Analysis methodologies (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, DMAIC) applied to electro-mechanical hardware, solar/power systems, custom PCBAs, and vision devices.
• Proven experience establishing and validating test methods, screening processes, and test equipment fixtures alongside Manufacturing Engineering teams.
• Experience driving supplier quality, vendor corrective actions, and component qualification through dedicated supplier quality engineering resources.
• Solid working knowledge of GD&T, metrology equipment, FAIs, and calibration program governance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Manufacturing/Quality Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and direct a multidisciplinary team encompassing quality engineering, supplier quality, metrology, and equipment calibration.
• Action non-conformance data flagged by incoming, in-process, and field return inspection teams, driving root-cause analysis to systematically resolve internal assembly or external component failures.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to validate and sign off on all test methods, inspection criteria, screening processes, and test fixtures across production lines.
• Direct supplier quality resources to enforce vendor accountability, drive SCARs, and lead supplier quality improvement and development initiatives.
• Build and maintain ISO 9001-compliant quality documentation, standard operating procedures, and process controls tailored to support a lean manufacturing environment.
• Drive early Quality involvement during New Product Introduction (NPI), collaborating with Hardware Engineering during stage-gate reviews to ensure product testability, manufacturability, and field reliability.
• Oversee site metrology practices, First Article Inspections (FAIs), and equipment calibration schedules to guarantee continuous measurement integrity across manufacturing lines.
• Establish key hardware quality metrics and trend reporting (DPPM, yield loss, field failure Pareto charts) to guide executive operational priorities and continuous improvement goals.

Skills

Quality engineering

Leadership

ISO 9001

Root Cause Analysis

GD&T

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Test fixtures

Metrology equipment

FAIs (First Article Inspections)

ISO 9001 documentation tools

Job description

LVT is seeking a Hardware Quality Engineering Manager to build and lead a multidisciplinary team at our Spanish Fork facility in Utah. You will drive non-conformance resolution, validate test methods, and ensure ISO 9001‑compliant quality systems across production lines.

With 6+ years in hardware quality or manufacturing engineering and 2+ years in management, you’ll shape supplier quality, GA, and NPI involvement to deliver reliable, safe products for customers.