Team Leader Quality

Garmin International, Inc.•Miramar, FL

12d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a full-time Team Leader Quality for our Garmin Miramar, FL location. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team in driving activities to ensure and improve quality and reliability of Garmin's products throughout all phases of the product life cycle.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline or a field relevant for the successful performance of this job description AND a minimum of 2 years of experience working with various continuous improvement methodologies OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Demonstrated ability to effectively coach and mentor others
Demonstrated leadership experience
Must demonstrate effective and strong verbal and written communication skills
Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and work well with others
Must demonstrate excellent project management with a high level of interpersonal skills to work proactively across functional and organizational lines
Must be detail oriented and possess the ability to prioritize, organize and multi-task in a flexible, fast paced and challenging environment to effectively meet deadlines with minimal supervision
Previous test experience in an environmental test lab, reliability, electronics, engineering, manufacturing, and/or operations related environment

Nice To Haves

Proficient knowledge of ISO9000, AS9100, TS16949 and related quality certifications related to consumer product
Demonstrated technical of continuous improvement tools such as DMAIC, Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA), statistical methods, and designed experiments
Demonstrated knowledge of quality assurance tools / techniques including Advance Product Quality Planning, FMEA, SPC, PPAP, and MSA

Responsibilities

Conduct regular reviews of customer quality data and communicate feedback and improvement plans with customer areas including external/internal measurements, corrective actions, and implementation of improvement processes and programs
Drive timely issue resolution through regular reviews of single issues list
Manage the analysis and utilization of data and information from product inspection, sales/return data, and Product Support to improve product and processes across the various Garmin sites
Work with Design Engineering to fulfill customer contractual requirements relating to quality requirements as flowed down from the customer agreements (PPAP, FMEA, capability studies, gage studies) and participate in ECO reviews
Support statistical analysis to meet operations, manufacturing, engineering, supplier or customer requirements
Provide expertise and training for continuous improvement methodologies, problem-solving methodologies, statistical techniques and quality tools
Provide support to drive supplier quality issues to resolution by working with Global Supply Chain
Team with Design Engineering, Process Engineering, Reliability, Materials/Purchasing, Customer Repair, and Manufacturing in introducing new products into Manufacturing. Areas may include: Champion lessons learned at design reviews, Analyze and/or develop product/process quality plan
Champion activities to maximize reliability of both new and existing products. Activities may include: Assisting in design of experiments to measure product life and reliability, Assisting in development and application of reliability testing strategies including HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Test) and HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening), Recommending design or process improvements to enhance reliability, Measuring and maintaining field reliability data and communicating results
Work with Design Engineering, Materials, Manufacturing, Customer Repair, and Process Engineering to identify/implement process/design improvements to improve production yield and product quality. Areas may include: Analyze process performance and identify and implement methods for reducing process variation, Assist in design of experiments to improve supplier material and production processes, Perform failure analysis investigations to determine root cause of product failures, Review and analyze production, quality, maintenance and operational data to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications and production problems
Partner with Design and Mechanical Engineering to ensure effective planning and analysis for needed test capabilities and systems as well as reliability objectives and projected performance for products, as needed
Team with Engineering and Reliability Operations to ensure appropriate test systems, methods and processes
Partner with Quality teams to increase understanding and establish reproducibility of field issues with a target of resolving issues and preventing future ones
Align test methods and systems in Miramar to ensure repeatability of results across Garmin sites
Provide leadership to the Quality Lab team and ensure appropriate tools and processes are in place
Lead the evaluation, design and fabrication of test fixtures and systems
Ensure proper tools, processes, and documentation for reliability including scope, verification and validation expectations, and effective resource allocation