Position Title: Regional Supply Base Engineer-Spanish Bilinguals.
| Location: | Guadalajara, MEXICO |
| Company: | Undisclosed: #3899 |
| Company type: | Other |
| Compensation: | Unspecified |
| Languages: | Spanish |
| Job code: | X012168 |
| Date Posted: | 06/24/2000 |
Description: At Handspring, the executive team who invented, built and marketed the PalmPilot(tm) is once again expanding the way people think about and use handheld computers. As our reach rapidly grows worldwide, we seek a motivated individual to join us as a Regional Supply Base Engineer in Guadalajara. A recent expansion of our global supply base has created this key opportunity, allowing you to provide critical support of the manufacturing activities in the area and play an important role in developing our relationships with our new partners. Reporting to the Manager of Worldwide Supply Base Engineering, you will be responsible for the following: * Providing support to Tier I suppliers throughout the product lifecycle of all Handspring developed and selected OEMs, including printed circuit assemblies, connectors, memory, microprocessors and specialty mechanical parts * Designing and implementing supplier performance metrics and driving ongoing data collection and reporting * Developing supplier quality plans for key supply partners and OEM's associated with Handspring's products * Facilitating cross-functional efforts to improve cost, quality and reliability of custom supplied parts * Directing special projects involving product/process quality improvement * Providing support to new product development teams while identifying and minimizing potential supply base problems |
Requirements: The ideal candidate must have: * 5+ years experience in quality/reliability engineering and/or manufacturing engineering in a high-tech or electronics environment * Working knowledge of quality engineering practices/applications, quality planning and supplier management, as well as measurement systems, statistical analysis tools and ISO auditing The following are preferred: In addition to a dynamic and challenging work environment, we offer a competitive compensation/benefits package, including Stock Options. |