The Supervisor, Quality is responsible for ensuring product quality and maintaining Quality System compliance at the Vancouver site. They oversee quality control processes, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure the site is always ready for customer audits. Additionally, they play a key role in setting strategic quality goals, monitoring and reporting on quality metrics and escalations, and fostering a culture of quality throughout the organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- NPI Quality : Supporting PFMEAs for new product introduction Ensuring First Article Inspections are conducted in a timely fashion Supporting DFM activities as appropriate
- Manufacturing Quality : Sets detailed guidelines and communicates expectations for quality standards to site manufacturing and quality team. Monitors test and inspection data to determine trends and identify opportunities for improvement Ensures quality KPIs are reported on a weekly and monthly basis as required by management Manages escalations to determine root cause and corrective actions
- Supplier Quality Ensures incoming material is inspected adequately with appropriate sampling Handles day to day vendor issues to prevent impact to production Tracks and reports on vendor performance (DPPM, LRR, Incidents, SCARs) Escalates for support to commodity Supplier Quality as needed
- Customer Quality Supports the Customer Quality team in the resolution of customer issues. Ensures the provision of 8D reports on customer issues related to manufacturing and supplier quality Drive actions to reduce RMAs in line with company goals. Acts as the point person for customer audits
- Quality Management System Coordinates and manages relevant ISO certifications for the site Oversees internal auditing to ensure compliance with appropriate quality standards and regulations Conducts regular management reviews, generating metrics and trend reports as necessary
- General Acts as site quality subject matter expert; is the site’s quality point person Identifies training needs for quality staff and implements. Manages on-site and off-site staff as required Supports other sites as needed All other duties as assigned.
WORK ENVIRONMENT :
In-person role (5 days a week)Standard office environment, noisy & busy manufacturing areas / labs, and clean-room environmentAE is a highly dynamic, technically challenging, and fast-paced manufacturing work placeQUALIFICATIONS :
Excellent communication skills and ability to work in cross functional teams.In-depth understanding of technical documentation. Familiarity with statistical analysis. Great attention to detail and problem-solving abilities. Excellent analytical skills. Quality certification is a plus.EXPERIENCE :
5+ years’ quality engineering experience in an electronics manufacturing environment including Quality Management Systems (QMS) and testing methodologies and root cause analysis, problem-solving methodologies, and risk assessment.EDUCATION :
Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or other relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
COMPENSATION :
As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting. Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. The range of starting pay for this role is $75,000 to $95,000 per year.
BENEFITS :
As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan for eligible positions, and a discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In the U.S., we offer a rich benefits package that includes :
Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose fromShort and long-term disability and life insuranceHealth savings and flexible spending accountsGenerous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays8 hours of paid volunteer time off8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and DadsCompany matched 401(k)Tuition reimbursementExpanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programsOther voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance