Company Business Name: Equinox Power Innovations Inc. Company Operating Name: Equinox Power Business Address: Unit 108 - 5108 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, BC, V5J 0H1, Canada Title of the Position: Design Quality Lead Number of Positions Available: 1 Job Duties: - Design for Reliability: Lead the development and implementation of tools and techniques focused on achieving highly reliable product designs. Apply methodologies such as DFMEA, MTBF, MTTF, FIT, HALT, HASS, and other reliability engineering practices to ensure product longevity and performance under various conditions. - Quality Assurance Processes: Develop and implement comprehensive quality assurance processes, including Design Quality Procedures and Best Practices, to ensure that all product designs adhere to the highest quality standards throughout the development lifecycle. - Statistical Process Control and Capability: Utilize statistical process control techniques and process capability analysis, including Cpk analysis, to monitor, analyze, and improve manufacturing processes, ensuring consistent product reliability and quality. - Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks in product development through robust design risk management practices. Ensure thorough risk assessment and QA sign-off at each stage of the product development cycle to prevent potential issues and enhance product reliability. - Test Method Development and Validation: Lead the development and validation of test methods to qualify and certify products, ensuring they meet both company standards and regulatory requirements, with a strong emphasis on reliability testing. - Supplier Quality Management: Collaborate with suppliers to establish and maintain stringent quality and reliability standards for components and materials, ensuring they contribute to the overall reliability of the final product. - Production Support and Continuous Improvement: Provide ongoing support to Production and Sustaining teams, focusing on improving methods and systems to enhance product reliability and achieve world-class manufacturing standards. - Change Management and Compliance: Oversee changes to existing products, SOPs, Work Instructions, Test Methods, Process Changes, and Design Changes (ECO/ECN), ensuring that reliability and quality are maintained or improved. Assess regulatory submission and notification. - Design Support: Collaborate closely with the design and product development teams to provide necessary support in achieving over-all project timelines, product quality, reliability, and cost targets, proactively addressing any project challenges that could impact these objectives. Skill Requirements (includes education and work experience): -Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related field. -Minimum 6 years of experience in design quality engineering, with a strong emphasis on design for reliability in new product development. -Minimum 5 years of experience with high-volume manufacturing processes and the ability to implement quality and reliability standards across the supply chain. -Minimum 3 years of experience in the power electronics industry, with a focus on the design and development of advanced power conversion systems based on embedded systems. -Minimum 3 years of experience in product development of switch mode power supplies (SMPS) and power electronics design, emphasizing reliability and performance in real-world applications. Terms of Employment: This is a permanent and full-time position, 40 hours of work per week Language of Work: English Wage: $44.50/hr Vacation: 2 weeks paid vacation in the first year, plus 1 week off during the Christmas holiday season Benefits: -Extended health, dental, and vision coverage -Competitive salary and a benefits package -Start-up environment fostering collaboration and innovation -Accelerated professional growth and development through working with leading-edge projects Location of Work: Unit 108 - 5108 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, BC, V5J 0H1, Canada How to Apply: Apply with a cover letter and resume to info@equinoxpowerinc.com