Responsibilities:
- Drive suppliers to produce the highest quality parts.
- Ensure the supplier is ready for the ramp ups with parts that are ready to be put into the devices.
- Collecting data and compiling supplier scorecards; Present it to suppliers and lead the actions to improve the supplier.
- Willing to understand supplier manufacturing process in details, document their strengths and weaknesses and drive supplier to work towards making a world class manufacturing environment.
- Understand component specification and should be able to effectively communicate with Design team as well as sustaining Engineering team in case of an issue with part Quality.
- Should be able to tie up quality issues (OQC, IQC, Manufacturing, Field returns etc) with concrete actions at Supplier site (RCA, CA etc).
- Understand supplier corrective actions and be able to describe their experience relative to those processes.
- Interface with functional manager to establish daily, weekly, monthly and annual goals and milestones.
- Carry out supplier quality audits and validate the AVL list matches the approved suppliers.
- Establish a China based FAI capability and reporting process.
- Establish and implement processes for ensuring that all components sourced in China meet acceptable and recognized industry standards in terms of test, sampling, materials.
- Work with commodity management team to understand and highlight areas where quality and process within a specific supplier can be improved to reduce cost.
Requirements:
- 5-10 years experience in a manufacturing and quality environment.
- Strong Display quality improvement and product qualification background.
- Knowledge of Display related touch technologies.
- Experience working with Display manufacturers on Quality and Process improvement projects.
- Solid understanding on quality tools such as statistical process control, Six Sigma, Lean, process improvements, yield improvements, cycle time reductions, pareto charts, root cause analysis, failure modes, test procedures, gauge reliability and repeatability, FAI (first article inspection), CpK (statistical process capability), etc.
- Able to understand how to read and interpret engineering documents.
- The ideal candidate will have experience in implementing processes to control and monitor supplier quality from qualification stage through to mass production. Particular focus will be required on establishing both FAI capability and process in China, and the capability to define and revise specifications.
- Bachelor Degree in Engineering or similar discipline.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Mandarin.
- Passionate about learning new technologies.
