Who You Are

As an experienced and driven Quality Manager at the Moses Lake Factory, you will be the leader on championing, setting and maintaining high quality standards for our site operations, ensuring we meet or exceed customer requirements. You will lead the build, maintenance, and improvement of our Quality Management System at the factory and will drive a culture of continuous improvement and adherence to high quality standards. This role will be critical in building and growing the Quality and Operation teams that will set a high standard and push towards being an industry benchmark. 

Responsibilities And Duties 

• Lead the design and build of quality systems, labs, teams, and standards (ISO, IATF) to support Sila’s first Automotive Scale Industrial Plant
• Develop and teach a systematic approach to identify, analyze, and resolve product quality defects and failures. Continuously drive improvement on first run capabilities and error free operations.
• Interact with the site leadership, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to champion and enforce a quality mindset and ensure standards are met to reduce or eliminate out-of-spec material. Regularly identify and implement corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence
• Network with Corporate Quality and Operations leaders and technical experts on development, implementation and continual improvement of QMS best practices and corporate standards.
• Create and support systems and training to create an ongoing review of all product quality data and testing results with a drive towards meeting and exceeding site Key Performance Indicators.
• Communicate and present quality performance to all levels of leadership
• Create a team that drives error proofing strategies and annual quality improvement plans
• Support the Control Plan for Moses Lake
• Work alongside the Data Systems team to manage and improve the Sila Laboratory Information Management System, Manufacturing Execution System, and other QMS-related software modules with regards to quality controls and reporting
• Implement and lead a team to perform calibration of systems for inspection, measuring, and analytics. Perform measurement system analysis and process capability studies. 

Knowledge And Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Minimum of 10 years of work experience in an ISO, IATF, or GMP certified industrial setting
• Strong experience with quality systems and quality assurance in a manufacturing setting
• Comfortable with ambiguity and effective in creating structure
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to rapidly changing business needs
• High volume manufacturing experience in semiconductor, PV, chemical industry, batteries or similar is preferred. Experience with IATF and/or VDA required
• Experience with customers and auditing authorities
• Experience with statistical software packages (SPC) and data analytics
• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills
• Ability to work autonomously and a track record of working in collaborative team environments  
• 6 Sigma certification and Lean is desirable. #LI-RS1 #LI-Onsite

The starting base pay for this role is between $155,000 to $195,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.