Director of Quality
Houston, TX
About MacroFab:
MacroFab is a digital marketplace focused on the $500B markets in electronics manufacturing. Our service allows customers to rapidly bring new products to market and consume manufacturing as a virtualized resource by offering instant price quotes, rapid prototype services, and scaled volume production through a network of factories in North America. Our facilities gain a source of low overhead manufacturing jobs, allowing them to fully utilize their factory capacity and eliminate idle time.The Director of Quality strives to be the leader in quality management and ability to scaleto support manage the business.
Key responsibilities include developing qualityplans for high quality parts. The candidate will be managing quality personnel inproduction to continuously produce and procure high quality parts consistently, withimprovement in quality/performance quarter to quarter. He/she will plan, assureand document the quality on each production process and final products. He/shewill be able to develop, implement and maintain a quality system to address andcontrol the quality of products, processes and systems based on ISO-9001standards and ITAR registration.
Responsibilities
• Develop, implement, and administer the QC Plan.• Review plans and specifications to ensure requirements are met for eachSMT/Box Build process.• Complete necessary inspection reports and documentation.• Identify non-conformities, analyze root causes, and take correctivemeasures.• Coordinate QC activities.• Maintain daily paperwork such as reports, log updates, and email.• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.• Manage and monitor required testing.• Conduct pre-final/final inspections; establish punch list; and, ensure alldeficiencies are corrected.• Conduct and/or attend QC meetings.• Maintain and submit as-builts on finished projects.• Prepare documentation for each definable feature of work in their area ofresponsibility; Distribute written inspection/test results to appropriatepersonnel/agencies.• Ability to organize tasks and work efficiently without direct supervision.• Tracking, management and reporting for the assigned quality initiativeprograms.• Passion for excellence with high integrity, commitment to quality andwork with suppliers.• Establish and maintain policy for documentation of all products.• Reviews documentation before being sent to external customers.• Implements ongoing quality improvement processes working withinterdepartmental teams Anticipates, to the extent possible, program release problems and takescorrective action to resolve and achieve commitments.
Escalates issues tothe Director of Operations and Director of Quality as needed.• Evaluate, and oversee the monitoring of, gages and measuring devices todetect non-conforming products.• Ongoing observation of all in-process manufacturing levels and evaluationof their adherence to good and established quality standards.• Constant evaluation, analysis, and continuous improvement of the presentquality assurance system and procedures.• Maintain history of records associated with listing agencies (CSA, SGS, andU.L.).• Form teams for analyzing corrective actions for defective materials.• Determine disposition of scrap and/or rework.• Develop and supervise quality technician and quality final auditors daily.• Maintain Non-Conforming Material Review (NCMR) database for supplybase.• Maintain ISO 9001 System.• Maintain good employee relations and communications.• Performs other related duties as needed and assigned.
Requirements
• Minimum 7-10 years in a QA SMT management position.• 3-5 years' experience working with ISO, and a Quality ManagementSystem• Auditing, Procedure and Work Instruction creation and implementation,CAPA processes...• Computer skills with Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Outlook) and SharePoint administration.• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.• Excellent communication skills.• Experienced in statistical tools for root cause analysis and statisticaldecision making. Have knowledge and experience of processimprovement methodologies.• Ability to Travel 30 %.Even if you don't meet all of the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply.
Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what any list of requirements will capture.Note: MacroFab is currently not sponsoring H1-B Visas.