制造总监 – 中国

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in China.

📋 Description

• Act as Greenlight's on-site representative at contract manufacturers during assembly, line inspections, and production ramp-ups.

• Oversee manufacturing readiness for new products from supplier engagement through EVT, DVT, PVT, and steady mass production.

• Take ownership of quality checkpoints, which include outgoing inspections, pre-shipment approvals, and hold-and-release decisions.

• Manage ECN/PCN, tooling, sub-tier, and material change control with a documented quality review process.

• Enforce ODM quality standards and reporting commitments while identifying gaps in contract leverage.

• Supervise third-party inspection partners such as QIMA, SGS, and Intertek; establish scopes, AQL plans, and inspection criteria.

• Lead investigations into nonconformance using methodologies like 8D, 5-Why, and fishbone techniques to achieve root cause analysis, containment, and verified corrective actions.

• Transform returns and warehouse defect data into supplier scorecards and generate weekly quality reports for the US team.

• Identify future partners through RFIs/RFQs, supplier audits, should-cost evaluations, and second-source recommendations.

• Ensure that production evidence aligns with product certifications, including relevant children's product safety standards.

• Act as a liaison between US engineering and factory teams.

• Manage ODM relationships and report directly to the VP of Business Operations, collaborating with Hardware Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in supplier quality, sourcing, or manufacturing operations for consumer electronics or connected devices, with substantial time spent on ODM/CM factory floors in China.

• Proven experience managing both quality (audits, inspection standards, nonconformance, CAPA) and sourcing (supplier identification, RFQs, cost analysis, qualification).

• Hands-on experience in NPI, guiding consumer products from prototype through EVT/DVT/PVT to mass production.

• Proficient in quality tools: 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, PPAP/FAI, SPC/Cpk, MSA, AQL sampling, and ISO 9001.

• Extensive process knowledge in at least one area: injection molding and tooling, SMT/PCBA, final assembly, or batteries.

• Fluency in Mandarin, along with strong written and verbal business English skills.

• Willingness to travel to the Greater Shenzhen Bay Area and supplier sites up to 15-30% of the time.

• Self-motivated working style with availability for an evening overlap once a week with US Eastern daytime.

• Proficiency in Cantonese is a plus.

• Bonus qualifications include being the first in-country hire for a foreign company, managing inspection-agency clients, experience with children's products or other highly regulated categories, NFC/payment hardware or wearables, CQE, Six Sigma Black Belt, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification, and startup experience in building processes from the ground up.

🏝️ Benefits

• PTO

• Professional development stipend

• Mental health resources

• Employee resource groups

• Life Insurance, Medical, Healthcare, Critical Illness, Inpatient Subsidy, Children Insurance