Supplier Quality Manager, ConnectorCable, Electromechanical Supplier Quality Management

We are hiring a Supplier Quality Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of quality for mechanical and electromechanical commodities including speakers antennas cables connectors and motors across a supplier base spanning Mainland China Taiwan Vietnam and the Philippines supporting product lines such as Amazon Echo smart speakers Project Leo satellite broadband terminals Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets.

This role focuses on four core areas of work:
- New Product Introduction (NPI): Lead new supplier qualification audits partner with Hardware and Signal-Integrity Design on DFM/DFA reviews develop manufacturing processes (stamping plating injection crimping extrusion) drive PPAP management and validate process capability (Cpk/Ppk) high-speed signal integrity and reliability test owning every quality gate before next milestone
- Mass Production: production audit monitor SPC data (crimp force plating thickness impedance) and identify abnormal trends early; drive continuous-improvement projects (DMAIC) to reduce DPPM and Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ); manage supplier 5M1E changes and quality-impact assessment of ECN/PCN especially raw-material substitution
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Final Assembly Test & Pack (FATP) IQC teams US headquarters Hardware R&D / SI Engineers Asia Sourcing Reliability Compliance and Finance to drive bidirectional optimization between design and process; establish IQC standards SCAR routing and escalation paths
- Field Issue Resolution & Crisis Response: Respond rapidly to line-down events ship-holds and customer field issues driving containment root-cause analysis and 8D closure including the complex non-reproducible multi-impacting-factor defect escapes; plan ahead for predictable disruptions such as Spring Festival typhoon season and tariff volatility

- Bachelors degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 8 years in design supplier quality process engineering or a related role in consumer electronics or electromechanical components.
- 5 years hands-on experience with connectors and/or cables (USB / Type-C / HDMI / DC Jack / BTB / WTB; audio / internal / high-speed cable).
- Hands-on experience with 8D PPAP APQP FMEA SPC MSA (including GR&R).
- Working knowledge of IPC (IPC-A-610 / IPC/WHMA-A-620) and ISO 9001.
- Hands-on use of AI tools with ability to validate output reliability.
- Business-fluent English and fluent Mandarin.

- Masters degree or above in Engineering Mechanical Engineering Operations Supply Chain or Business Administration or Masters degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Engineering Technology Reliability Engineering
- Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
- Led multiple end-to-end NPI programs (from Prototype to MP); experience with AIAG FMEA (AP rating) Reverse-PFMEA Attribute MSA.
- High-speed signal-integrity depth: VNA / TDR / BERT eye-diagram / jitter USB-IF / HDMI 2.1 compliance.
- Reliability engineering: HALT/HASS ALT Weibull MTBF; high-reliability / aerospace standards (AS9100D AS6081 J-STD-001 Space Addendum MIL-STD-810).
- Python SQL AWS QuickSight or equivalent; fluent prompt-engineering use of generative AI with output verification.
- Demonstrated ownership of ambiguous multi-root-cause escapes; on-site experience in Greater China or Southeast Asia; consumer-electronics OEM or connector/cable maker background.

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Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1