Production Quality Engineer

Job Req ID: 28230

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.
 

Job Summary:

Our Production team is in need of a Production Quality Engineer to collect quality metrics for products with an aim in practicing and executing design feedback for manufacturing, product quality improvement management, covering post-sales product quality and services support, and customer satisfaction. The Production Quality Engineer is primarily responsible for the quality functions covering supply chain and incoming quality, and in-house manufacturing quality, product reliability and performance quality. The individual will work with the senior management of the global production operations in establishing quality-focus teams, mandating standard practices of quality principles, and will attend to the oversight responsibility to all global operations sites, cross-functional departments.

This role will be in the headquarters located in San Jose, CA.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Includes the following essential duties and responsibilities (other duties may also be assigned):

• Champion standard practices of quality principles, from defect detection to root-cause and preventive action, and continuous improvement
• Establish and enhance of quality control where appropriate
• Enforce process quality control and defect countermeasures at suppliers, CM Partners, as well as ones at SMC internal
• Perform product level failure analysis, and define appropriate design of experiments to collect and work on data and results to substantiate finding or conclusions
• Identify trend and opportunity for improvement of process and control by periodically reviewing data from quality systems and help teams to see quality
• Translate customer quality requirement and take on responsibility for end-to-end product
• Help to set up and enhance corporate quality standards and measurements

Please note that this position requires regular in-office attendance. The successful candidate is expected to be present in the office during standard working hours as determined by the company. In-office collaboration and participation in team meetings, training sessions, and other on-site activities are essential aspects of this role. Candidates should consider the commuting distance and be prepared to fulfill their responsibilities in the designated office location.

 

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• BS in EE / IE preferred. MS in EE is highly desired.
• 1+ years and more, of relevant hands-on experience in electronic and computer products, and quality management systems in the computer industry preferred
• A strong plus with product quality essentials in a product company
• Need working knowledge and prior experience in system integration business
• Prior experience in quality control and management is preferred
• Have excellent communication and analytical skills in problem solving. MS Excel spreadsheet functioning knowledge and skills will be a strong plus
• Experience in front line quality leadership program and hosting of quality audits, and quality training programs
• Excellent writing style and demonstrated expertise in compiling procedures and documents

 

Physical Requirements and Work Conditions:

The physical demands and work conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• Able to stand, sit, walk, bend, stoop, reach, lift, and carry items.

• Perform tasks that require standing and walking for long periods up to entire shift.

• Lift, carry, push and pull in an excess of 25lb and up to 40lbs.  Able to utilize a "buddy system" for moving objects more than 50 lbs.

(For applicable positions: Must be able to operate pallet jack and forklift efficiently and safely.)

• Must be able to wear safety shoes, earmuffs or other required PPE as needed.

• Primarily works indoors with controlled climate conditions.

Salary Range

   $75,000 - $100,000