Supplier Quality Engineer

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Lab is home to our hardware products with a world-class research & development team. We are focused on pushing the boundaries of what a camera can be, specifically overlaying computing on the real world. Next Generation Spectacles are our first pair of glasses that bring augmented reality to life.

We’re looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team at Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

You will provide leadership, technical expertise, and support to managing Quality at third party manufacturers. You will improve the Quality System performance to meet business needs and expectations, and promote and support business and manufacturing system development. Your focus will deliver meaningful and beneficial incremental improvements to product quality, yield, and cost for the business.

Quality Systems:

• Support the Quality System in accordance with ISO9001:2015 accreditation, including involvement in internal quality audit activity.
• Monitor and analyze the Quality System performance, through various Key Process indicators, to identify areas for improvement, and take appropriate action where necessary.
• Ensure that required documentation exists, and is regularly reviewed, to ensure operations are working within company policy and process specification.
• Develop product and process improvement methodologies and systems in-line with business demands.
• Implement, develop, and maintain key quality systems in line with business requirements, such as Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Measurement System Analysis, ESD Control, Program, Material Review Board, Change Control, and Problem Solving Methods.

Manufacturing Quality Assurance:

• Experience of supporting manufacturing set-up and qualification, including developing third party capability.
• Developing and maintaining a framework and associated processes/procedures to ensure quality standards and manufacturing controls are defined and maintained in relation to all third party manufacturing processes.
• Coordinate corrective and preventive actions arising from non-conforming product, process, or system events.
• Collaborate with third party manufacturers to establish, validate and manage the incoming, in process and outgoing quality control requirements and inspections for manufacturing operations.
• Promote Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Act as a focal point/resource, provide training and support to ensure knowledge is disseminated throughout the organization.
• Lead quality related problem solving and root cause analysis during third party manufacturing, and drive issues to closure.
• Work across functions to identify and implement necessary systemic improvements.

Minimum qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or optical engineering or physical sciences.
• At least five years’ Quality Engineering experience in a high volume manufacturing environment within the electronics, microelectronics, optics, or automotive industries.
• Excellent problem-solving skills supported by experience of coordinating controlled experiments to assist in areas like failure and yield analysis.
• Experience in yield analysis and improvement.
• Able to generate clear and concise technical reports.
• Hands-on experience with test equipment and data acquisition.
• Sound knowledge of quality and documentation systems, from both an improvement and implementation perspective.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma.
• Demonstrated competence with quality tools (Design of Experiments, SPC, Cause & Effect, FMEA, Gauge R&R).

Preferred qualifications:

• Familiarity with optics, image acquisition, and image processing.
• Qualified ISO9000 series Auditor.
• Experience in the implementation of, and accreditation to, ISO9001:2015.

The candidate must be a self-starter, capable of working independently with limited supervision, but in a collaborative environment with other design, engineering, and operational team members. The position requires a methodical, organized, and thorough approach to problem-solving, and the capability of writing specifications, memos, reports, and other documentation in clearly-understandable English language. Our operations span multiple continents, so the candidates must be willing to travel occasionally, including internationally.

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