Climate change is one of the biggest problems humanity is facing today. We are an early-stage start-up working on simple, delightful solutions that make a real difference in one of the worst contributing industries: waste.

Chewie Labs is an early-stage start-up whose mission is to impact climate change by bringing user-centered design, technology, & magic to reducing waste.

About the Role:

As Chewie’s Manufacturing Operations Manager you will be responsible for all stages of production activities with Chewie’s Manufacturing Partners to ensure delivery of high quality, cost effective and on schedule products.

**Responsibilities: **

• Operations point of contact with Chewie’s Manufacturing Partners.
• Work with Chewie’s new product development team to successfully launch Chewie’s first product on-time, on-budget, at desired quality and reliability levels.
• Use your Project Management skills to drive on time production ramp and sustaining product delivery.
• Use your technical skills to drive DFX efforts on all new products to ensure products are optimized for manufacturability, quality, reliability, serviceability, flexibility and cost.
• Work with Chewie’s internal and external Design teams to support Proto, EVT, DVT and PVT manufacturing builds and ramp into mass production.
• Support Chewie Technical Operations and our CM partner to develop and implement manufacturing test processes including; Incoming Inspection, In-Circuit Test (ICT) if applicable, Final Functional Test, Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) if applicable, Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT) and Out-Of-Box Quality (OBQ) audits.
• Qualify the manufacturing process on each new product introduction, including working with our CM partner to ensure appropriate line layout, work instructions, operator training, equipment calibration, etc. are in place
• Support Chewie Quality to qualify Material Suppliers on each new product introduction, including First Article approvals, incoming inspection specifications & procedures (eg; AQL levels, go/no-go gauges, aesthetic acceptance criteria, etc.), and establish thresholds for approving material suppliers for source inspection and/or ship-to-stock status.
• Management/oversight of CM Shop Floor Control System
• Work with Technical Operations to establish in-line rework and re-test standards, including monitoring the “bone pile” for total quantity, aging and number of rework cycles
• Drive cost reductions and product quality improvements through manufacturing yield enhancement programs.
• Work with Chewie Engineering & Logistics to set up Reverse Logistics Triage Testing systems/processes and work with Chewie Customer Service on implementing RMA processes.
• Drive Closed Loop Corrective Action (CLCA) process to analyze failure data collected from field returns, manufacturing yield data & ORT testing, and drive corrective actions at the root cause. Ensure learning is carried forward into future new product designs
• Support Documentation Control system to manage Bills of Materials (BOMs), product specifications, Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), etc.

**Skills/Experience Required: **

• BS in ME, or equivalent experience (Masters degree desirable).
• 15+ years work experience in Manufacturing Operations or related disciplines.
• Expert knowledge of manufacturing, test, supplier mgt & statistical process controls.
• Excellent project management, communication and teamwork skills.
• Self-starter, with ability to work independently
• Ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

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