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Senior Quality Engineer

Minneapolis, MN

$92K - $125K/yr

Evaluates the adequacy and compliance of systems, operations, and practices against regulation and company documentation. * Could serve as auditor of areas of the quality system, such as development ...

Manage daily import clearance operations, providing compliance guidance to customs brokers and internal business groups. * Classify products and record classifications in the global system ...

Lead SAP Developer

Madison, WI

$59.50 - $77.75/hr

Lead project delivery in accordance with the project implementation plan and operational direction for projects of medium complexity. * Guide workflow design, build and test the system, and analyze ...

Director, Product Management

Chicago, IL

$240K - $251K/yr

Reporting to the VP, Sales & Marketing, this role serves as the critical bridge between market needs and operational delivery, ensuring that product offerings, custom kits, and value propositions are ...

Field Clinical Specialist

Orange, CA

$83K - $90K/yr

Provide continuous support and resources to help physicians achieve clinical and operational goals. Physician & Staff Training: * Develop and deliver educational materials, including models ...

... operations and decision making; communicate such knowledge to all internal stakeholders. * Consult with and provide advice to senior management of the Company on strategies and plans for regulatory ...

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Director Manufacturing Operations

Director Manufacturing Operations

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Happy Valley, OR

Full-time

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Job description

Position Summary:

The Director of Manufacturing Operations is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing all aspects of semiconductor laser assembly production. This role ensures operational excellence by managing strategic planning, production execution, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve world-class standards in quality, delivery, efficiency, and safety. The director drives continuous improvement and innovation, supporting the company's growth and competitiveness in both military and commercial markets.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages strategic and tactical aspects of semiconductor laser assembly production for medium-to-high-volume production of ruggedized military & commercial products
  • Establishes production schedules with planning and business groups and executes against schedule to meet goals for revenue, on-time delivery and lead-time
  • Provides supervision and leadership to direct reports including employee performance management, motivating and facilitating continuous learning and development, conducting annual performance appraisals, and providing timely feedback and recognition.
  • Meets aggressive, world-class goals on quality, cycle time, yield and cost
  • Leads global multi-disciplinary teams to deliver new products, sustaining engineering, and NPI of laser-based product lines as part of key strategy in vertically integrated organization.
  • Analyzes bottlenecks and establishes sufficient capacity to cost-effectively meet production demands
  • Drives continuous improvement opportunities and yield metrics utilizing wide variety of analytical techniques (such as FMEA, SPC, DOE, Gage R&R, 8D), lean manufacturing, and six sigma concepts.
  • Coordinates with facilities, including maintenance and buildouts, for optimal uptime and cost
  • Interfaces with senior leadership and various support functions such as Supply Chain, Development Engineering, Quality, Finance, HR, and IT as required to establish plans and execute against them
  • Collaborates with R&D to analyze competition, market trends, emerging technology and drives strategic engineering projects into production as capable products & processes.
  • Ensures strong safety program in place
  • Manages and motivates direct staff
  • Builds upon ISO9001:2000 certified quality management system in place

Qualifications:

  • Requires a BS in Engineering (Optical, Physics, Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical) and 10+ years high-tech manufacturing experience with at least five years in a managerial role, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
  • MS in Engineering or Business is preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in product & process development, NPI or process control of laser systems/photonic components
  • 8+ years of experience working for company providing products for US Defense and/or Government Contracting.
  • Working knowledge of FAR/DFAR requirements, and ITAR-compliant operations
  • Skilled in implementing and utilizing lean manufacturing, SPC, ERP, and MRP systems
  • Strong business and people skills, including strategic thinking, executive communication, and basic business financial acumen
  • Strong record of developing and transferring products and processes related to laser systems and photonic components
  • Strong record of effective judgement and decisiveness, clear thinking, problem solving through structured methodologies
  • Strong situational leadership skills, record of developing great teams and strong hires
  • Sets very strong culture of accountability, disciplined thinking, integrity and expectations, leads by example
  • APICS CPIM experience is preferred, but not required
  • Six Sigma Black Belt is preferred, but not required
  • Strong communication skills
  • Excellent team player
  • Demonstrated ability to protect confidential and proprietary information and exercise discretion.
  • Ability to travel up to 15%