Team Leader Quality Assurance

About the Role

The Quality Assurance Engineer will be responsible for supporting all aspects of Quality for products in production, including: executing and supporting quality improvements, customer scorecard metrics, Focus Factory quality management, process control, change management, and annual product requalification.

Responsibilities

• Standard Compliance: Follow technical compliance of standards. Comply with the Code of Conduct, ESH, LEAN, and 5s rules.
• Quality Standards:
  • Support implementation of activities to meet customer requirements.
  • Support Yield, DPMO, IFC improvement activities for manufacturing lines.
  • Utilize basic statistical tools to analyze data and identify root cause of defects (e.g., CPK's, Masters, SPC, Calibration, MSA studies).
  • Ensure all product and manufacturing risks are assessed.
  • Lead containment activities and sorting per internal and customer complaints.
  • Ensure process readiness for internal and external audits.
  • Collect lessons learned during continuous improvement activities and verify effectiveness.
  • Support TPM, Kaizen, and Lean initiatives in production.
  • Ensure production documents are controlled and up to date (e.g., Control Plan, PFMEA, rPFMEA, Poka Yoke).
  • Monitor and review Jidoka program.
  • Manage production restart.
• Plant and Focus Factory Quality Performance:
  • Monitor quality performance and execution discipline on the production line.
  • Identify weak areas and ensure implementation of necessary improvements.
  • Support Quality KPI's.
  • Support manufacturing scrap performance tracking and improvement.
  • Support production teams on problem-solving of customer returns.
  • Manage quality issues of raw materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Science, or equivalent Technical Degree.
• 2–5 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Manufacturing Quality, or a similar role in a production environment.
• Strong understanding of quality standards, technical compliance, and internal procedures, including adherence to the Code of Conduct, ESH, LEAN, and 5S requirements.
• Experience supporting customer requirement compliance, quality KPI tracking, and continuous improvement activities (e.g., Yield, DPMO, IFC improvement).
• Working knowledge of statistical quality tools and defect analysis methods (e.g., CPK, SPC, MSA, calibration, master data studies).
• Experience ensuring product and process risk assessments are completed and maintained, including support for Control Plans, PFMEA, rPFMEA, and Poka Yoke documentation.
• Knowledge of TPM, Kaizen, and Lean principles, with the ability to support improvement initiatives.
• Ability to monitor production line quality performance, identify weak areas, and lead or support quality improvement projects.
• Understanding of new product launch (NPL) activities, including quality planning, approval, oversight, and safe launch risk management.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with production, engineering, supply chain, and customer-facing teams.
• Authorization to work in the US without employment VISA or other sponsorship.

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves. Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation.