Quality Engineer
Caraway Home
Senior Quality Engineer
Caraway Home
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇳 China
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Senior
About the role
- Responsible for end-to-end supplier quality to enable the transition of R&D products to production.
- Conduct deep analyses of current product design, manufacturing processes, and supplier capabilities often to identify potential quality issues and risks.
- Ensure manufacturing/quality needs are considered in the design phase and proper quality expectations are defined.
- Develop and implement quality control processes and plans, design test methods and gauges, identify potential failure modes, and ensure adherence to international standards and regulations.
- Collaborate with third-party testing laboratories to ensure compliance with product safety and regulatory requirements.
- Support tooling release and production builds by defining incoming part inspection procedures, tracking build issues, setting containment actions for non-conformances, and monitoring corrective actions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product development, customer support, and supply chain to drive continuous improvement in product quality.
- Use data from customer support to evaluate top defect drivers, identify root cause, and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) to prevent recurrence with the supplier(s).
- Lead and participate in product quality audits, both internally and at supplier facilities, to assess and address compliance with quality standards and specifications.
- Stay up to date on regulatory changes related to consumer product quality and recommend appropriate actions to maintain compliance.
- Monitor and assess supplier performance and drive supplier development initiatives to ensure consistent quality of incoming materials and components.
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and evaluate metrics across the organization.
- Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees and suppliers on quality standards, processes, and best practices.
- Stay up to date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes related to consumer product quality, and recommend appropriate actions to maintain compliance and efficiencies.
Requirements
- Bilingual proficiency in Chinese and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in both languages, is a must.
- 8+ years of experience in a supplier quality, quality engineering, or manufacturing engineering role in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Work experience with highly cosmetic products is a plus.
- Thrives in a startup environment where standards and best practices are being established rather than the status quo.
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings.
- Strong knowledge of quality management systems, methodologies, and tools, such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) as well as GD&T, measurement systems, and testing.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in driving quality improvements and implementing best practices in a manufacturing or product development environment.
- Deep understanding of international quality standards and regulations applicable to consumer products.
- Excellent analytical, technical writing, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective corrective actions with creative solutions.
- Experience in supplier management, including conducting supplier audits and driving supplier performance improvements.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with internal teams, suppliers, and external stakeholders.
- Have the ability to travel 25-50% of the time to our manufacturing partner facilities on a short and/or long term (up to 2 weeks at a time) basis, sometimes on short notice.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Unlimited PTO
- 11+ paid holidays
- Fully Remote Company
- High quality home and kitchen product + swag, F&F discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
supplier qualityquality engineeringmanufacturing engineeringquality management systemsSix SigmaLean ManufacturingStatistical Process ControlGD&Ttechnical drawing interpretationcorrective and preventive actions
Soft skills
bilingual proficiencywritten communicationverbal communicationanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsinterpersonal skillsrelationship buildingadaptabilitytraining and educationcollaboration