Product Quality Leader

Join us as a Product Quality Leader at Ericsson’s US 5G Smart Factory (EFA) and be a driving force in technological advancement and product excellence. As a leader within EFA, you'll oversee the entire lifecycle of a product or platform, reporting directly to the Plant Quality Engineering Manager. In this pivotal role, you'll be responsible for executing full product and process quality responsibilities, establishing and maintaining comprehensive quality management and control processes, methods, and tools. You'll take charge of managing project timelines, budgets, scopes, risks, and dependencies, ensuring high-quality execution and delivery. Your leadership will extend to guiding and coaching your project team, navigating dynamic scopes and business requirements, and unlocking opportunities through digital transformation. The impact of your contributions towards business value realization is significant—does this challenge excite you? if this is you, please apply!

Responsibilities

Oversee the entire lifecycle of a product or platform; Execute full product and process quality responsibilities; Establish and maintain comprehensive quality management and control processes, methods, and tools; Manage project timelines, budgets, scopes, risks, and dependencies; Guide and coach the project team; Lead a cross-functional quality improvement team to execute and fulfill established quality plans, focusing on targets like yield, DPPM, inspection fault rate, CPK, customer claims, and repairs; Drive quality assurance and provide reports to the Project Manager and stakeholders, offering technical recommendations and consequence analyses at each project milestone; Support the Project Manager with a quality perspective throughout NPI, TPI, GPI, and maintenance projects; Lead the FRAG forum, continuously analyzing yield, claims, and repairs using systems, tools, and Six Sigma methods; Take ownership of Quality Alerts and manage risk decisions related to process exemptions

Requirements

At least a Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Minimum of 5 years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing setting; 5+ years of experience leading or managing teams in quality or manufacturing engineering; Solid working knowledge of quality management methods and tools, such as Six Sigma, APQP, SPC, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, and ISO 9001; Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to lead and present data analytics effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences; Demonstrated initiative, proactive approach, and strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on results; Willingness to travel internationally up to 10%

Nice to have

Strong preference for experience with Surface Mount Technology and Automated Assembly processes

Benefits

Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan with annual bonus opportunity; Health benefits including three medical plan options and a dental plan option; Company credits toward medical and dental premiums; 401(k) Plan with automatic 3% company contribution and matching contributions; Basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage; Short-term and long-term disability coverage; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; 15 days of accrued vacation per year; Up to 3 personal days per year; 11 annual holidays; 8 hours of volunteer time; 80 hours of sick time annually; Up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave; 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% pay; Financial wellness programs; Educational assistance; Matching gifts; Recognition programs