Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility -our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how thework we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Define, organize and lead Product Development activities across the organization, starting from the definition of Voice of Customer through to Manufacturing including risk identification and mitigation.

Position Summary

The Quality Manager will define, organize and lead Product Development activities across the organization, starting from the definition of Voice of Customer through to Manufacturing ensuring quality of the Launch Product. The areas of focus can potentially be global in scope.

As a People’s Manager, you will Collaborate to drive Process Compliance, Improvements, Risk Mitigation and Management of direct reports in the following:

Product Development - May be global and strategic multi-functional, multi-business efforts requiring excellent influential, project management, analytical and communication skills.
Leadership – This great opportunity will afford the selected candidate the ability to have exposure to and exert influence on diverse teams of people in a target rich environment.
Competency – Proven ability to manage & coaching of direct reports with responsibility for results.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree required in Electrical/Electronic engineering.
Minimum of 10 years in a Product Development environment, from Hardware or Firmware Engineering background with People Management experience.

Experience Requirements:

Excellent analytical skills.
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt or Lean Master preferred with proven completion of projects in which solutions were sought at the root level of the problem.
Experience working in cross-functional, cross-business and cross-cultural projects.
Proven Leadership and Change Management experience driving process improvement projects.
Hands-on personality.
Practitioner of APQP methodology.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Risk Mitigation, Process Compliance, Design Reviews, Anomaly management, Validation/verification of new design during Product Development.
Provide technical support in engineering reviews, drawing and specification review.
Hardware defect or failure trend analysis and suggest improvements.
Effectively apply technical or professional skills within the context of one's role.
Recognize/anticipate barriers to completing assigned work/projects.
Focuses and determines proper engineering principles on reliability issues.
Uses reliability engineering principles and tools (such as Weibull, RCI, FMEA).

Drive and own preventive quality assurance during development and industrialization setup.
Ensures quality and manufacturing process readiness before start of mass production to attain a flawless launch.
Implement lessons learned in other/new products, respectively new or running projects.
Identify and manage Critical To Quality (CTQ’s)
When standard procedures do not apply, use judgment and draw on past experience to interpret information, solve routine problems and/or recommend approaches.
Adhere to defined and communicated standards, methods, and procedures, with openness to identifying improvements.
Seek and implement process improvement ideas in primary work area.
Focus on streamlining activities for increased efficiencies.

Interpersonal:

Demonstrate good working relationships within work group.
May serve as a resource for those with less experience.
Look for ways to collaborate and build teamwork with others.
Work cooperatively with people from different cultural backgrounds.
Demonstrate responsiveness and promptness in serving customer needs.
Protect confidential information.
Act with a high level of integrity.

Leadership:

Apply accurate logic and common sense in making decisions.
Communicates effectively.
Facilitate and Lead Meetings to drive Quality initiatives.
Know when to act and when to escalate decision-making process.
Consider alternative solutions and perspectives before making decisions.
Act resourcefully to ensure that work is completed within specified time and quality parameters.
Accept responsibility for one's own performance and actions.
Deliver on commitments.

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