Manager, Design Assurance

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. • Maryland USA - Remote, MD

1d • $95,600 - $153,900 • Remote

About The Position

As a Manager, Design Assurance, you’ll be part of our Tools & Outdoors Quality team working as a remote employee. You’ll serve as the quality subject matter expert on cross-functional new product development teams, ensuring quality requirements are integrated throughout the product development lifecycle. You will support design control and phase-gate / NPD processes from concept through commercialization. You will develop, deploy, coach, and maintain best practice quality planning tools and methods, including design quality plans, control plans, and inspection/test strategies. You will ensure effective risk management activities such as DFMEA, PFMEA, hazard analysis, FRACA, and mitigation tracking. You will act as a subject matter expert in product and process design reviews to ensure quality and reliability considerations are addressed and properly resolved. You will proactively review and challenge specifications, drawings, requirements, and engineering changes to drive quality into design and minimize downstream inspection, service, and manufacturing cost. You will develop and implement verification and validation techniques to ensure NPD products meet critical-to-quality (CTQ) requirements and ensure traceability between customer requirements, design inputs, test methods, and acceptance criteria. You will develop and maintain strong partnerships with Manufacturing and Supplier Quality teams to support effective design transfer and production readiness. You will establish disciplined problem-solving efforts that identify root cause and implement effective corrective and preventive actions within development and product launch, and monitor quality metrics during development builds, pilot runs, and launch phases.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years’ experience in quality engineering, design assurance, new product development and well-established NPD systems.
• Strong working knowledge of quality tools and methodologies as abovementioned.
• Experience participating in complex matrix, cross-functional product development environments.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in highly controlled industries
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, Design controls, and product lifecycle management processes
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Lean Six Sigma or similar certification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the quality subject matter expert on cross-functional new product development teams.
• Ensure quality requirements are integrated throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Support design control and phase-gate / NPD processes from concept through commercialization.
• Develop, deploy, coach, and maintain best practice quality planning tools and methods including: Design quality plans which clearly define expectations, Control plans that focus on prevention vs. detection, Inspection/test strategies: optimizing automation, prevention, zero defect mentality.
• Ensure effective risk management activities: DFMEA, PFMEA, hazard analysis, FRACA, and mitigation tracking.
• Subject matter expert in product and process design reviews to ensure quality and reliability considerations are addressed and properly resolved.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively review and challenge specifications, drawings, requirements, and engineering changes to drive quality into design and minimize downstream inspection, service, and manufacturing cost.
• Develop and implement verification and validation techniques to ensure NPD products meet critical-to-quality (CTQ) requirements.
• Ensure traceability between customer requirements, design inputs, test methods, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with Manufacturing and Supplier Quality teams to support effective design transfer and production readiness.
• Establishing disciplined problem-solving efforts that identify root cause and implement effective corrective and preventive actions within development and product launch.
• Monitor quality metrics during development builds, pilot runs, and launch phases.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.
• Access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager