Associate Quality Engineering Manager (Solar)

Quick Facts

• Role: Associate Quality Engineering Manager, Solar
• Focus: Build and scale quality systems and teams for solar manufacturing

Description

You will help lead a greenfield solar manufacturing quality organization. Own product quality from R&D through mass production by building a QMS, driving yield and reliability improvements, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering a data-driven quality culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead Quality Engineering and Quality Operations teams supporting production lines across sites and building a network for best practices and continuous improvement
• Establish and meet quality metrics and objectives
• Drive root-cause problem solving and standardize quality improvement projects to minimize quality escapes and early-life failures
• Use statistical analysis, visualization, and quantitative methods to build and coach a data-driven team
• Support a 24x7 global business with urgency to protect customers and operations
• Develop and motivate engineers, engineering technicians, quality supervisors, and quality technicians
• Create and maintain PFMEAs and drive resolution of high-risk issues into process controls
• Establish and maintain Control Plans for critical features throughout assembly/production
• Develop quality key points for inspections aligned to product specifications for in-process inspections and quality audits
• Create schedules for regular audits and inspections across all product lines

Requirements

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 6+ years as a Quality Engineer with prior experience leading a team of engineers
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and implement changes
• Experience developing PFMEAs for production processes and continuous improvement
• Experience with ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 QMS standards, plus APQP and PPAP
• Training and demonstrated success applying quality problem-solving methods such as Six Sigma, fishbone diagrams, 5 Whys and/or 8D, and implementing successful countermeasures
• Strong quantitative/data analysis skills: process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE, SPC, and similar
• Experience using SQL, R, Minitab, JMP (or similar tools)

Benefits

• Competitive pay and eligibility for comprehensive health benefits from day 1, including medical plans with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building and fertility/adoption/surrogacy benefits
• Dental and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution
• Company-paid HSA contribution when enrolled in a High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D; short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (flex time for salary positions) and paid holidays
• Backup childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits (critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, pet insurance)
• Weight loss and tobacco cessation programs
• Tesla Babies program, commuter benefits, and employee discounts/perks