Senior Quality Engineer - Manufacturing

About the role

MultiLane Test Products (MLTP), a Teradyne affiliate, develops high-speed I/O test solutions for the AI and data center equipment market. It is looking for an experienced Senior Quality Engineer - Manufacturing to lead and continuously improve manufacturing and field quality across its operations and manufacturing partners. This is a senior technical role working closely with R&D, NPI, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, suppliers, Contract Manufacturers (CMs) and Compliance teams.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as senior quality authority for manufacturing operations and outgoing products, ensuring compliance with quality, safety, customer and regulatory requirements.
• Lead end-to-end resolution of production yield, quality and reliability issues, including major escalations, and lead field quality investigations, customer escalations and corrective action programs.
• Own quality requirements for manufacturing processes, products, packaging, labeling and marking.
• Define, standardize and improve quality processes across manufacturing sites, including inspection strategies, control plans and change management.
• Establish, monitor and improve quality KPIs and dashboards such as FPY, field failure rates, DOA rates, customer escapes and supplier quality performance.
• Lead 8D, FRACAS, CAPA and structured root cause analysis, and provide technical direction for supplier quality, failure analysis and containment.
• Plan and lead CM and supplier quality audits and ensure timely closure of findings.
• Influence product and process design through DFx reviews, FMEA, quality risk assessments and reliability considerations.
• Support quality readiness during NPI, production ramp and lifecycle changes, and support compliance programs, customer audits and external certifications.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Materials or a related engineering discipline; advanced degree a plus.
• 10-12+ years of progressive experience in Quality, Reliability or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Proven experience managing quality in Contract Manufacturing environments, ideally across multiple sites.
• Willingness to travel internationally to support CMs, suppliers and customers.

Required skills

• Knowledge of PCBA, SMT, mechanical assembly, system integration and high-mix manufacturing.
• SPC, FMEA, DOE, FRACAS, CAPA, 8D and structured root cause analysis.
• Failure analysis, ECO governance, configuration control and supplier change management.
• ISO 9001, IPC standards and regulatory quality requirements.
• Preferred: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, experience with test & measurement, RF or high-performance electronics, and leading multi-site quality initiatives.