Job Description :
Top three Skills:
Electro-mechanical’ or ‘electronics’ manufacturing related experience.
Failure analysis – debug skills
Hard memory experience
Roles and Responsibilities:
Be direct quality interface with suppliers of electro-mechanical components to Microsoft and its manufacturing partners
Ownership of Supplier Quality manual and Product Specific Quality Plans
Implement quality metrics to drive end-to-end continuous improvement, provide continuous feedback and report documentation to design and NPI organizations on the status of all supplier product performance
Utilize root cause analysis to effect product or process changes required to increase product yield and reliability. Initiate and manage the Supplier Corrective Action process (CAPA / 8D
Ensure that suppliers have developed and executed manufacturing quality control plan (Quality Plan) to insure compliance of product to all established specifications.
Review all new product introductions FAI to determine supplier’s capability to produce product to specifications. Review and approve new part and supplier additions by assuring that suppliers and parts have been properly validated.
Identify and review critical sub-tier suppliers’ quality control plans to ensure outgoing quality performance meeting Microsoft targets.
Qualifications
Skills:
Able to communicate effectively in written and oral manner, so that all stakeholders have clear understanding of issues and metrics
Able to maintain a broad perspective, and identify and evaluate opportunities to enhance the business through cross-group collaboration.
Creates a vendor engagement model, evaluates vendor readiness, and captures vendor knowledge for use across the product line.
Has deep understanding of electro-mechanical manufacturing technologies and processes
Demonstrates in depth knowledge and expertise in all areas of quality and reliability
Can use and apply complex statistics to evaluate product reliability and highlight potential product risks