Senior CMF Quality Engineer

What you'll do

• Develop supplier quality systems, measurement methods, and control plans for CMF finishes; manage master standards and samples.
• Support NPI builds and production ramp, analyze finish quality data, and lead readiness reviews and process improvements.
• Qualify and audit suppliers and finishing processes, while coordinating CMF quality requirements across design, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers.

What they ask for

• 7+ years of experience in Supplier Manufacturing Quality Engineering, Process Engineering, or CMF/Surface Finishing Engineering, with direct exposure to coatings, platings, or surface treatment processes.
• Experience with final assembly factories and mechanical enclosures and/or electronics suppliers, and high-volume handheld/wearable and/or consumer products with high cosmetic standards.
• Knowledge of color science and measurement, quality tools such as GRR, SPC, FA/CA, 8D, FMEA, and DOEs, and manufacturing tools such as DFM, SOP, GD&T, Six Sigma, and LEAN.
• Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to work in the office 3 days per week; willing to travel domestically and internationally up to 40%.

Nice to have

• Experience qualifying and auditing surface finishing processes including PVD, anodization, electroplating, laser texturing/etching, soft-touch coatings, and painting.
• Strong mechanical process development and color/material understanding.

Pay

$172,550 - $203,000 (base salary)

Tools

PVD, anodization, electroplating, laser texturing/etching, colorimetry, spectrophotometry, GRR, SPC