Sr. Product Quality Leader

Ericsson • Lewisville, TX

11d

About The Position

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!

Requirements

• At leaset a Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• 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 Haves

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

Responsibilities

• The Product Quality Leader (PQL) leads 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, ensuring product KPIs are met.
• Be responsible for driving quality assurance, the PQL provides 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 each phase of NPI, TPI, GPI, and maintenance projects, contributing to producibility, reliability, and risk management.
• Leads the FRAG forum, continuously analyzing yield, claims, and repairs using necessary systems, tools, and Six Sigma methods, collaborating with engineers to resolve critical issues.
• Holds authority to independently perform tasks necessary to meet responsibilities, with delegated formal leadership from the Plant Quality Engineering Manager.
• Takes ownership of Quality Alerts and has access to all required information, systems, and tools to ensure product quality and carry out FRAG work.
• Manages risk decisions related to process exemptions when timing is crucial, ensuring competitive advantage.

Benefits

• Ericsson offers excellent health benefits including the choice of three medical plan options and a dental plan option that allow an employee to select the level of coverage that suits their needs. Employees will receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost that Ericsson pays toward the cost of their medical and dental premiums for themselves and eligible covered dependents.
• The Ericsson US 401(k) Plan offers an automatic 3% company contribution and Ericsson matches $1 for every $1 you put into the 401(k) Plan on the first 3% of your eligible pay, plus 50 cents on every $1 on the next 2% of eligible pay. When you contribute at least 5% of eligible pay, you are receiving Ericsson's full matching contributions. Matching and company automatic contributions stop when your total eligible pay for the year reaches the IRS limits.
• Employees will also receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost of basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage, as well as short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Employees also have the option to participate in Ericsson's Stock Purchase Plan.
• New employees are provided a minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually.
• Ericsson provides up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
• Ericsson offers many other company-paid benefits such as financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, and recognition programs.

What This Job Offers

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