Quality Manager

Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

As a Quality Manager, you will oversee and manage all aspects of quality control, assurance, and continuous improvement within our PCBA manufacturing facility. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our products meet the highest industry standards while driving continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.

About the Job:

• Leadership and Coordination: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of quality engineers, inspectors, and technicians. Provide training on quality standards, procedures, and best practices to manufacturing and engineering teams.

• Quality Control: Oversee the inspection and testing of PCBA products throughout the manufacturing process. Monitor key quality performance metrics, such as yield rates, defect rates, and customer returns, and drive continuous improvement efforts.

• Quality System Management: Develop, implement, and maintain the company's Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with industry standards such as ISO 9001, IPC-A-610, and other relevant certifications.

• Quality Data Management: Collect, analyze, and interpret quality data from various stages of production to track trends, detect anomalies, and provide recommendations for improvement. Prepare detailed quality reports for management, highlighting key metrics and recommending corrective actions.

• NPI Support: Support the introduction of new products and designs into production, ensuring quality standards are defined and met. Conduct process validation and testing for new product designs to ensure compliance with industry standards.

• Customer Quality Support: Address and resolve customer complaints related to product quality. Conduct root cause investigations for customer-reported quality issues and ensure corrective measures are communicated and implemented.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a quality management role, preferably in a PCBA or electronics manufacturing environment.

• Strong knowledge of quality management systems (QMS), industry standards (ISO 9001, IPC-A-610), and quality assurance methodologies.

• Familiarity with statistical process control (SPC), measurement systems analysis (MSA), and other quality tools.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency in English (90% or higher).

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values — Customer Focus, Teamwork, Results-Driven, Integrity, and Innovation — support us on our mission to improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance of our customers' products and systems. We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference — everywhere, every day.

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