Global Advanced Product Quality Engineer

Advanced Product Quality Engineer

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The Advanced Product Quality Engineer has primary responsibility of a product from "end to end lifecycle" from concept through the entire product development process, including once the product goes into the Wild. This includes product concept/requirement, design, validation, and manufacturing capability. Additionally, the APQE may take on supplier quality responsibilities directly or partner with global Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs) to manage supplier quality for a portion of YETI's manufacturing partners and will be capable of delivering results in a fast paced and demanding environment. This person will have a significant level of partnership and engagement with project management, marketing, product development, manufacturing, and suppliers. He/She will work as a core team member on major product development projects. In addition, the advanced product quality engineer will be responsible for developing and standardizing processes and tools to better facilitate product development and manufacturing activities.

More specifically, this individual’s activities will be focused on bridging the design to the manufacturing and ensuring predictable quality through the product lifecycle. This is achieved through managing supplier qualification, ensuring solid manufacturing capability and driving PPAP on new/revised products, and thus serve as a bridge between new product development and manufacturing process approval and will be responsible to ensure that YETI’s manufacturing partners are capable of producing high quality goods on an ongoing basis. Additionally, this role will be responsible to facilitate problem solving and sustaining activities on existing products, audit supplier processes for quality and conformance and drive continuous improvement activities related to product and process improvement. This role will also gather pre-shipment and ongoing warranty/reliability data, leverage LEAN tools and partnering with tier 1 and select tier 2 suppliers to drive continuous improvement, ultimately serving as the primary contact to funnel requested changes into the YETI system, and establish appropriate PPAP plans for product & process changes.

Responsibilities:

• Drive supplier quality throughout YETI’s suppliers by partnering to implement manufacturing processes capable of ensuring a high degree of product conformance through the implementation of sustainable processes and statistical process controls
• Work with cross functional teams and incorporate Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in major product development projects and product changes; focus on Product requirement, Print reviews, DFx, FMEA, DVP, CAPA, Product and Process capability, Measurement System Analysis, Control Plans, and risk analysis
• Drive the completion of Production Part Approval Process documentation packages with core team members and the suppliers
• Analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine requirements and establish quality and reliability objectives
• Work with suppliers to standardize processes, utilize metrics, and tools to improve product quality
• Partner with YETI’s suppliers to funnel required or requested changes through the change management process ultimately ensuring YETI’s partners implement processes that drive a high degree of conformance and quality
• Gather pre-shipment and warranty data related to specific YETI product families, leverage LEAN tools to establish root cause solutions and drive continuous improvement
• Analyze new supplier capability as part of the supplier selection process
• Drive continuous improvement by creating, maintaining, and implementing quality documentation such as SOPs, SIPs, workflows, standards libraries, manuals, etc.
• Being the champion of customers and translate voice of customers into product requirement and design. Develop and maintain quality/reliability standards to ensure alignment with customer expectations
• Perform quality reviews and internal audits on existing product development projects
• Participate in supplier qualification and support sourcing decisions
• Enthusiastically collaborate and drive a culture of quality, reliability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization

Qualifications and attributes:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field is required
• Greater than 5 years of engineering experience
• Previous experience in quality and design engineering is preferred
• Knowledge of quality tools, APQP, DFx, FMEA, DOE, GR&R, SPC, CAPA, and PPAP
• Knowledge of statistical methods and statistical analysis tools
• Knowledge of reliability prediction methodologies
• Ability to solve problems, perform risk analysis, make quality and timely decisions
• Ability to lead and influence cross functional teams and being a team player
• Ability to travel both internationally and domestically
• Previous experience within a global full-service supply chain model

Additional Attributes – nice to have

• Knowledge and experience with a broad array of manufacturing methods, materials and tooling. Good vision and measured color perception. Additional computer skills preferred: PLM, SharePoint, Salesforce, Tableau, SolidWorks or other CAD software.