Director of Quality Engineering
As a result of aggressive growth and expansion, our client has retained us to fill a highly visible
search. Our client is an innovative, technology-driven, values-based company that has blended
the disruptive innovation of a leading-edge technology organization with the consumer focus of a
socially-conscious consumer goods company. They are a multi-billion dollar industry-leading
organization that is consistently recognized as a "Top Places to Work" and ranked by Fortune
Magazine as a "Global 100 Fastest-Growing Company". Our client has also received numerous
awards and recognition for Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability, and Innovation. Because this is
a very visible and high profile role, and due to its importance to the overall organization, this
person will be earmarked for succession planning and promotion. This position will be
based at corporate in the Northeast. This is a unique role that is newly created and evolving
with a company that is tremendously growing. As a result, our client is committed to paying
top compensation to the right candidate - and compensation will not be a limiting factor for
the right candidate.
This individual will be responsible for assuring that quality and reliability of new or enhanced
designs are optimized and demonstrated and will lead the department to collaborate with
Engineering during the new product development process by applying quality and reliability
engineering methods to assure the quality and reliability of the design. The department also
develops and executes tests plans to verify the quality and reliability of the design and
effectiveness of the manufacturing process. The person will apply reliability principles and
statistical knowledge to deliver robust product design and work in collaboration with the
production quality and contract manufacturing teams to implement quality checks at appropriate
points in the manufacturing process.
This leader will provide quality and reliability engineering representation to the program teams
during the new product development stage and will work collaboratively with Marketing and
Engineering to develop product specifications and verify that the product designed meets those
specifications. He or she is responsible for consulting with: engineering, procurement, quality,
and manufacturing teams to identify and qualify critical components and suppliers.
The Director of Quality Engineering is responsible for implementing quality/reliability
techniques such as Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), Design Of
Experiments (DOE), fish bone diagrams, and Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action
Systems (FRACAS) to assess failure modes and implement corrective actions to deliver superior
product reliability. The ideal candidate for this position demonstrates technical leadership and
clear understanding of the stage gate process to integrate quality and reliability engineering
principles and product evaluation at each step to assure product robust design. This position is
responsible for the development and implementation of design qualification documents in
collaboration with the engineering teams.
This expert will work cross-functionally and strategically with engineering and manufacturing
teams to provide quality and reliability leadership during the new product development cycle and
develop a strong relationship with the quality department in order to exchange knowledge to
ensure a smooth transition into mass production and ongoing quality.
Director of Quality Engineering
The incumbent will be responsible for a group of highly motivated reliability and quality
engineers, and quality testers; and the requisite performance reviews, continual
coaching/mentoring and career development. To be effective in their function, the candidate
needs to be able to perform well in a very dynamic work environment - balancing a wide variety
of projects and work activities. Strong communication, technical knowledge, statistical expertise,
managerial agility, organizational and documentation skills are required to fulfill the duties
expected of this position.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Requirements:
 Develop, verify, and validate quality and reliability requirements and standards applied to
new product development and mass production
 Develop and execute design and process verification test plans and apply statistical
methods to summarize, analyze and report data findings from testing
 Develops and applies reliability engineering methods such as DFMEA or Fault Tree
Analysis to evaluate product reliability and risk assessment
 Develop and apply FRACAS to address failure modes and corrective actions during new
product development process
 Assure reliability tests are well documented and procedures are periodically reviewed and
published as required
 Integral participant on new product development teams and define specifications in
collaboration with the engineering and marketing
 Participate as needed in supplier qualification visits. Define quality requirements for
critical components and assure implementation of protocols in collaboration with supplier
quality and procurement departments
 Develops and assures implementation of quality and reliability requirements for contract
manufacturers in collaboration with contract manufacturing and quality teams
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Suggests testing protocols for engineering as part of component qualification
 Work with quality and contract manufacturing to assure proper quality checkpoints in
manufacturing process
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Staff and develop team according to department technical needs
 Set up the goals and assigns responsibilities to team members in alignment with overall
quality and contract manufacturing strategic initiatives
 Work innovatively and collaboratively with team by effectively managing associates,
ensure each team member meets annual and quarterly goals and performs all duties as
required
 Define quality and reliability metrics and communicate across several departments
throughout the company and contract manufacturing sites
 Establish standard procedure formats and maintain library of current reviews for all
reliability related testing that can be readily used by other internal teams or contract
manufacturing as required
Director of Quality Engineering
 Represent quality engineering in new product development program team meetings
related to reliability or design verification testing, critical to quality components, test design,
failure analysis and product design reviews
 Produce specific reports to evaluate or summarize tests or related technical activities to
communicate technical findings to Senior Management team with focus on risk assessment
 Foster cross functional working relationships to promote product quality, robustness, and
reliability
 Bachelor of Science degree required, (Masters of Science preferred) with a concentration
in Electrical, Systems or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent coupled with applicable
design or quality management experience. Materials Science and/or Mechanical Engineering
experience is a plus
 Statistics knowledge and or six sigma training is required to develop tests and
communicate data findings
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Experience with high volume consumer products is a plus
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Knowledge of data acquisition and data integration using relational database
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Ability to manage different test requirements and specify key quality parameters
 Background in the product development cycles and knowledge of stage gate process
targeting product reliability
 Experienced with quality systems and implementation of standardized procedures and
quality systems
 ASQ Certified Quality or Reliability Engineer accreditation or professional engineering
certification desired
 Ability to manage and develop a team of highly focused and committed reliability
engineers, quality engineers and quality testers and responsible for coordination, evaluation,
and continuous improvement of the department/team and creating a positive climate where
people want to do their best
Contact:
Caroline Jachura
Purcell International Group
001.858.292.3280 x113
cjachura@purcellintl.com