Production Quality Engineer

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.

 

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.

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:

• 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.

   $75,000 - $100,000 

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as participation in bonus and equity award programs.

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.