Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Please note that while we are currently based at StoneX, we will be moving locations to the Shoreditch area early next year**

Sportable is a leading sports technology company on a mission to solve the hardest problems in elite sports using cutting edge technology. From bare metal to cloud Sportable is a multidisciplinary mecca for sports and technology enthusiasts. If you're a data scientist, computer scientist, physicist, sports scientist, engineer, business graduate, graphic designer, mechanical designer, creative or just passionate about the intersection of elite sports and bleeding edge technology then Sportable is your place.

With commercial opportunities, volumes of production of our HW products are rapidly increasing and we are looking for someone who will be supporting our UK-based manufacturing partners and our R&D team through these phases.

This is a true opportunity to become a central part of a talented multi-disciplinary R&D engineering team (encompassing Electronics, RF, SW development all the way from embedded to web frontend, Mechanical or Data Science) and a chance to step into a highly motivating start-up environment where one can make a direct impact to our world class customers by solving complex technical problems.

Responsibilities:

Manufacturing/NPI

• Be the main interface between the R&D team and our manufacturing partners - including frequent site visits (in the UK).
  
  
• Compile and organise documentation for manufacturing partners
  
  
• Manage start up of new products at CRM sites
  
  
• Lead DfM and DfQ discussion during new design phases.
  
  
• Write up (or Review), Approve and Maintain all documentations relating to Assembly, Test & QC.
  
  
• Follow up production KPIs (yield, FTP, throughput, etc) with the aim to continually improve the process and quality of the manufacturing of our products.
  
  
• Lead the development of the required Production assembly tools - from their specification to their validation and their maintenance once at suppliers.
  
  
• Keep track of procurement issues and risks - to anticipate them where possible
  
  Quality Management
  
  
• Manage quality assurance of Sub-contractors.
  
  
• Develop and implement quality control methodologies to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures.
  
  
• Handle and manage faulty units and non-conformances in the supply chain.
  
  
• Carry out root cause analysis, instigate and follow up corrective and preventive actions using models like 5Y and 8D.
  
  
• Review quality related data and reports with the supplier and drive Q-KPIs to improve supplier performance.
  
  
• Analyse manufacturing data to identify trends and root causes of process defects, and implement corrective actions to improve product quality.
  
  
• Generate and maintain QA documentation, inspection plans, and standards.
  
  
• Actively coordinate and be responsible for NPI launch activities such as risk assessments - FMEAs, PPAP for FAIs and other production start related activities.
  
  
• Be able to carry out DfQ (design for quality assessments for new products)
  
  
• Propose design changes to improve process quality (together with suppliers/Contract Manufacturers)
  
  Technical Skills/Past Experience:
  
  
• 5+ years in a similar role ; ideally working within one of the following industries: consumer electronics, industrial or automotive.
  
  
• Having worked with products embedding RF functions would be beneficial.
  
  
• Experience of Start-up or small/medium moving to high volume company environment.
  
  
• Solid understanding of Electronics - in order to be able to support suppliers through a first level of fault finding.
  
  
• Comfortable discussing options for mechanical parts manufacturing techniques (injection moulding, CNC, 3D printing, etc…)
  
  
• Working knowledge of standard IT tools (typically: emails, spreadsheet w/ calculations and charts plotting). Experience working with Linux in the past would also be ideal.
  
  
• Nice to have: having managed small teams of technicians or engineers.
  
  
• Have managed sub-contractors from a technical viewpoint.
  
  Reporting to:
  
  
• Manufacturing Manager