Quality Manager

Coherent • San Jose, CA

39d • Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Manager will be responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring quality control plans for Ion Implantation and Disk Refurbishment. This role involves leading root cause analysis, driving corrective and preventive actions, and collaborating with engineering teams on process and equipment performance. The Quality Manager will analyze quality metrics, lead initiatives to enhance process capabilities, and perform supplier and internal audits. This position requires alignment with global quality processes, accurate record-keeping, and support for production and administrative departments. The role also involves deploying measurable goals to improve quality, reduce cost, and increase speed of execution, as well as developing and monitoring quality systems and reaction plans for nonconformities. Compliance with safety, health, environmental regulations, and company technology control plans is mandatory. The position requires demonstrating interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, and good communication, serving as a role model for the company's values.

Requirements

• 3-7 years Quality Engineering
• 3 years minimum in an AS9100 certified manufacturing company
• Able to work within Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Email
• Statistical expertise
• Audit expertise
• Able to solve complex problems using intuition, induction, deduction, analysis of data, and complex quality tools
• Experience with Advanced Quality Management and knowledge of various quality systems, especially ISO 9001, and AS9100.
• Able to build an AS9100 compliant QMS to merge with existing ISO 9001 systems
• Able to think critically and able to improve elements of the Aerospace Quality System to remove waste of time and dollars, while increasing quality performance
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and ability to comprehend (including technical concepts) and communicate with Senior Leaders, customers, and department heads
• Handle special assignments promptly and professionally
• Set a high standard of ethics, professionalism, leadership, and competency
• Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, or protected individual).
• Compliance with all applicable export control regulations.
• All employees are required to attend scheduled training, follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corporate EHS standards.
• This includes the use of proper protective equipment (PPE) as required by the job responsibilities.
• Managers will ensure that all safety and environmental procedures are followed consistently.
• They will ensure that risk assessments are performed, proper training, work instructions, required PPE is available, and will monitor compliance.

Nice To Haves

• Able to balance financial and quality objectives

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and monitor quality control plans for both Ion Implantation and Disk Refurbishment
• Lead root cause analysis (e.g., 8D, FMEA, CAR processes)
• Drive corrective action and preventive actions with cross functional teams
• Collaborate with process and equipment engineers on implanter performance
• Collaborate with Disk Refurbishment Technician on tool performance
• Analyze quality metrics
• Lead initiatives to enhance process capabilities
• Auditing of suppliers
• Performs internal audits against the quality system
• Supports all Aerospace QMS audits
• Alignment with global II-VI quality processes is maintained
• All records, reports and metrics are accurate and generated on time
• Positive collaboration with other departments is maintained
• COQ, and KPI assessments are current and improvement opportunities/actions are completed
• Production and administrative departments are supported
• Measurable goals are deployed to increase quality, lower cost and increase speed of execution
• Measurements for quality systems are developed, implemented, and monitored
• Quality trends are monitored with reaction plans implemented for unacceptable measurements
• Nonconformities are reduced
• Company policy is followed regarding all safety, health and environmental regulations.
• Relevant Company Technology Control Plan, IP, and IT procedures are understood and executed.
• A quality work environment with good housekeeping standards is maintained
• Interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, and good communications are demonstrated
• Role model for the II-VI ICARE values

Benefits

• Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed