How you will do it

• Overall management of new product launch by owning quality/Reliability activities through the entire new product development lifecycle 

• Work closely with cross-organizational teams (R&D, Operations, Finance, IT, Services, Customer Experience, etc.) to identify issues and opportunities in the new product development process and to translate customer needs into product functional requirements and specifications

• Provide quality oversight and guidance to project teams by assuring that Reliability/Quality Engineering principles are utilized to develop and enhance products that are robust, safe, and effective

• Ensure driving all proactive steps to mitigate risks associated with new product launch by identifying -critical to quality- (CtQ) user need requirements on products design, manufacturing and test processes and driving quality control mitigation strategies

• Champion APQP principles and work to create methods and systems to improve risk mitigation strategies and product quality

• Champion and participate in the running and creation of DFMEA/PFMEA/Control Plan activities to eliminate or reduce product risk 

• Provide direction and approval for critical reviews for Design Inputs, Design verification and Validation, Technical and Design Reviews, manufacturing readiness and Risk Management

• Analyze, draw conclusions, report and present product information utilizing statistical techniques

• Lead Risk Assessments (Design and Manufacturing) for NPD projects during the product development cycle

• Verify, assess, and approve new product testing plan including function/reliability and field trial against related standards and policies 

• Sign and approve each gate of the new product development including product release Coordinate with other quality functions and reports out products risk during phase gates

• Travel up to 10%

What we look for
Required

• BS or MS in mechanical engineering, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, or other technical discipline.

• 5-8 years experience within reliability or quality engineering and new product development.

• Ability to work/influence team across a matrix organization on courses of action with minimal assistance using both written and verbal methods

• Demonstrated ability to utilize: Six Sigma tools (FMEAs, Gauge R&R, Capability Analysis, Statistical Process Control,)

• Life data analysis and statistical tools, primarily Minitab (Minitab, Reliasoft Weibull++,JPM, etc.).

• Understanding and experience working with Reliability and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) concepts

• Being comfortable working with a manufacturing team, on the manufacturing floor.

• Relentless curiosity and a desire to learn and implement new solutions with Strong technical expertise.

• Ability to communicate with multiple cultures/regions via videoconference, emails, and phone calls.

• Candidate must exhibit a high-level of self-motivation, sense of urgency and comfortable making recommendations across broad teams.

• Ability to Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the JCI process.

Preferred

• ASQ Certified CQE or CRE

• Experience in accelerated life testing

• Experience with a stage-gate product development process.

• Project management (PMP), Lean/Six Sigma training, Green or Black Belt.

• Familiarity with reading 2D part drawings and understanding GD&T, CAD software.

• Experience with ISO 9001

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