Descripción y detalle de las actividades
- Lead, manage, and continuously improve the site's Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and customer-specific requirements.
- Champion quality performance targets: internal scrap, rework, FPY, cost of poor quality, and customer returns—including warranty and in-field failures. Report out to various audiences on a periodic basis.
- Develop and implement ceramic-specific quality controls for supplier management, wire-cutting, soldering, plastic injection mold, and electrical testing processes to ensure robust defect detection and prevention.
- Enforce traceability, lot control, and material verification across all thermistor production lines.
- Lead/Champion formal problem-solving methodologies (8D, A3) using tools like 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagrams, FMEAs, and Six Sigma to reduce variation and eliminate root causes.
- Serve as the primary quality contact for medical and industrial customers, managing audits, scorecards, and corrective actions.
- Coach, mentor, and lead a team of Quality Engineers and Technicians. Foster development in advanced quality planning (APQP), control plans, gauge R&R;, MSA, and SPC.
- Lead internal and external audits, maintaining certification readiness.
- Provide data-driven leadership to improve customer PPM, on-time PPAP submission, and proactive response to quality trends.
- Stop production or shipments if a suspected quality issue arises.
- Develop and manage quality department budgets, KPIs,



and strategic goals aligned with site operational plans.
- Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Deep understanding of ceramic materials and thermistor manufacturing processes preferred
- Expertise in IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001
- Proficiency with PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, Control Plans
- Strong problem-solving and statistical analysis skills (Minitab preferred)
- Experience leading Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing initiatives
- Excellent communication and customer relationship management skills
Experiência y requisitos
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or related technical field
- 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing quality leadership role, preferably in electronics or ceramic components
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Certified Quality Manager (CMQ/OE) preferred
- Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred
- Experience working with integral customers and audit teams
- Physical Demands & Work Environment:
- Occasional travel, including international, may be required
- Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. occasionally
- Regular exposure to production floor environment
Beneficios
- Bono de productividad
- uniforme
**Número de vacantes** 1
**Área** Calidad
**Contrato** Permanente
**Modalidad** Presencial
**Turno** Mixto
**Jornada** Tiempo Completo
**Horario**
- Tiempo completo
- Turno Mixto
- Lunes a viernes
**Estudios** Carrera con título profesional
**Inglés**Hablado: Avanzado, Escrito: Avanzado
**Disponibilidad p. viajar** No

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