Senior Manufacturing Technical Manager

Job Description

As a Manufacturing Technical Manager, you will be responsible for bringing new products from engineering to manufacturing. You will be a key member of the development team and will be the main interface between the hardware and software engineering teams with local and international operations teams within Amazon and our OEM teams.

The Role

• Lead team of test, manufacturing and OEM engineers to introduce new products from engineering to production.
• Work with OEM’s New Product Operations teams to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges by enforcing DFM and DFT principles.
• Ensure technical readiness for product ramp and serve as technical lead/advisor to new product ops managers.
• Develop production strategy, implement and optimize processes at OEM; including identification, specification, design and qualification of fixtures, test equipment and diagnostic software.
• Develop, review and execute equipment requirement plans to support new product manufacturing and test.
• Work within Operations, Hardware and Software engineering departments to implement and optimize manufacturing 1st pass yields and efficiency from prototype through product ramp.
• Work with the design engineering to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges by enforcing DFM, DFA and DFS principles
• Investigate and introduce new manufacturing technology and methodology to enhance product quality and production efficiency
• Develop manufacturing process at the ODM, including defining fixture requirements, critical dimensions on parts and critical requirements in assembling
• Drive all factory-related operational issues related to SMT and final assembly processes during pre-production builds; ensure effective closure to enable operational success of the new product introduction cycle, and put products into mass production
• Identify and develop assembly jig and fixture for new products
• Bridge the gap from OEM to Amazon by supporting development builds and production.
• Support cost reduction and sustaining activities.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in manufacturing / operations of PCs, handheld devices, or consumer electronics.
• Fluency with spoken and written English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Program management experience in new product introduction and successfully introduced new products to volume production.
• Leadership experience in a cross functional environment.
• Direct responsibility for defining production process/supply chain and equipment requirements for new product manufacturing.
• Experience working with International OEM teams.
• Ability to work independently and ensure timely and accurate communication between the Amazon and our OEM partners.
• Background in statistical analysis and SPC/DOE.
• Ability to travel as needed.

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