Hybrid Senior Manager, NPI & Quality – Pro Audio

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About the role

  • Manager of NPI and Quality for Pro Audio, leading product initiatives and quality management at Acuity Inc. Overseeing global operations, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure product success.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary quality contact for customer escalations, warranty issues, and field failures.
  • Collaborate with Customer Service, Engineering, and Operations to ensure timely resolutions and drive systemic improvements across the value chain.
  • Lead quality improvement initiatives across internal assembly and external contract manufacturing.
  • Analyze defect and yield data from production and field returns to identify trends and implement preventive measures.
  • Establish and maintain KPIs for customer returns, warranty costs, field failure rates, production yield, and defect escapes.
  • Present quality performance updates, risk assessments, and continuous improvement plans to senior leadership.
  • Oversee global NPI efforts, including teams in Hong Kong and China, to ensure new product programs meet timelines, cost targets, and quality standards.
  • Assess and manage risks associated with program activities.
  • Guide NPI team members to ensure adequate support and oversight.
  • Ensure use of problem-solving and process tools (e.g., FMEA, DFM, DFT) in development.
  • Analyze supplier capabilities to enhance design, reduce non-conformances, lower costs, and maximize capacity.
  • Provide technical leadership to ensure product designs and implementations meet or exceed QSC quality standards.
  • Participate in design, planning, and execution of product and process qualification activities.
  • Deliver qualification risk assessments and status updates to program teams.
  • Direct and coordinate QA, manufacturing, test engineering, and service activities, along with other functions impacting product development and quality.

Requirements

  • BSME/BSEE or equivalent work experience
  • 10+ years work experience related to electronics manufacturing, automated test development for electronics and new product introduction processes
  • Prior involvement in new product launches, including validation builds, production transfers, or production line setups
  • Hands-on familiarity with PCBA, mechanical assemblies, and cross-functional product development or manufacturing teams.
  • Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality systems, PFMEA, control plans, and quality inspection techniques
  • Effective at relationship building with international manufacturing facilities/companies
  • Must have well-developed oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to interact professionally with senior staff, internally and internationally
  • Strong interpersonal skills as an influencer and team player
  • Ability to determine risk/benefit scenarios and make vs buy decisions
  • Familiarity with quality tools and systems such as SPC, First Article Inspections (FAI), and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Ability to analyze and interpret yield, test, and field return data to drive actionable quality improvements.
  • Excellent knowledge of business processes and models
  • Experience with ERP, QMS, and PLM systems (e.g., Oracle, Agile, JIRA, Confluence)
  • Other International travel will be required for product launches and implementations (10%)

Benefits

  • health care
  • dental coverage
  • vision plans
  • 401K benefits
  • commissions/incentive compensation depending on role

Job title

Senior Manager, NPI & Quality – Pro Audio

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$114,600 - $206,300 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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