Manufacturing Technical Manager

Ring, a cornerstone of Amazon's Smart Home ecosystem, has established itself as an industry leader with its substantial market share and formidable brand/product recognition. Ring Global Manufacturing ops team are devoted to pursuing overall manufacturing operation excellence across entire lifecycle of product and manufacturing partnership. We serve as a dedicated manufacturing platform, driving for advanced manufacturing technologies and capabilities, highest operational efficiency, flexible supply chain and cost-effectiveness while maintaining the best quality standards, supporting our business needs and delivering best value to customers.

As a Manufacturing Technical Manager, you will be responsible for bringing new products from engineering to manufacturing. You will be managing high complexity programs of large scale, from prototype to mass production. MTM is the key member of the development team and will be the main interface for worldwide hardware and software engineering teams, and operations team and also our each Contract Manufactures. Drive for end-to-end manufacturing processes ensuring consistency on development & deployment across from SMT, FATP assembly, testing and packing throughout the PDP lifecycle. Sametime you will lead a MTM team as manager, develop team organization strategical priorities, fostering talent growth and scale up talents and Exemplify influential leadership to product teams, driving innovation and efficiency. Always keeping in mind the rapid evolution of manufacturing technologies and methodologies in the smart home industry, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term strategic goals, You'll be expected to create a high-performing, engaged, and resilient MTM team capable of driving manufacturing excellence and innovation at Ring.

Key job responsibilities
Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Process Optimization
Engage in DFx from concept to Production Validation Testing (PVT),
Enforce DFM, DFA (Assembly), and DFS (Service) principles to product design
Address manufacturing challenges and propose design improvements with MDE and MTE teams
Develop cost-effective and workable production solutions to accelerate product maturity and improve manufacturability

New Product Introduction (NPI) and Manufacturing Readiness
Develop end-to-end manufacturing processes from prototype to mass production, identify and resolve manufacturing bottlenecks
Executing xVT builds according to program schedules, ensure technical readiness, monitor major issue closure driving mitigation solutions of factory-related technical challenges during NPI phase.
Manage engineering changes during NPI builds, define manufacturing process validation requirements to ensure process reliability and consistency
Optimize manufacturing yields and efficiency(FPY, Cycle time, UPH) to meet target throughout the product development lifecycle

Strategic Influence and Cross-functional Collaboration
Serve as the main interface between manufacturing partners, hardware and software engineering teams, and also operation & supply chain cross functional teams, collaborate with teams to implement and optimize manufacturing processes.
Develop strategical plan for MTM team, expand the visibility, credibility and influence to cross functional teams, could present and talk with leadership

Technology Innovation and Development
Investigate and introduce new manufacturing technologies and methodologies on line solution, equipment requirement plans for new product manufacturing and testing to enhance product quality and efficiency
Work strategically to improve SMT/FATP/Packing processes across product categories
Identify, Design and Standardize production line solution strategies, production procedures to improve efficiency among contractors/suppliers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience(hardware, software, package)
• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• 5+ years experience as people manager or team leader
• Good written and oral communication skills, fluent English
• Bachelor degree or above in engineering

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ manufacturing process design and production process develop experience, knowledge on lean manufacturing, six sigma etc.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
• Exceptional strategic vision, business acumen, stakeholder management skills and cross-functional leadership experience in managing global operations for technology/consumer product companies.

-Familiarity with smart home and IoT technologies and markets.
-Ability and willingness to work independently and travel frequently