NPI Product Quality Sr Engineer
Markham, ON
Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world's largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors, sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications, including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.
Amphenol's High Speed IO Connectors and OverPass Solutions Business Unit is a market leader in high-speed, high-bandwidth interconnect solutions used in servers, storage, networking equipment, and data center infrastructure. Our products enable reliable, low-loss data transmission in some of the world's most advanced IT and Datacom platforms, helping power the technology behind leading Tier 1 OEMs. With global design, sales, and manufacturing teams, we are growing quickly and continuing to invest in our people and products. This role is a chance to make a real impact as part of a collaborative, fast-moving team within Amphenol's decentralized culture, where ideas are heard, initiative is encouraged, and teams are empowered to make decisions with clear accountability.
POSITION SUMMARY
The NPI Product Quality Senior Engineer is responsible for defining the NPI quality strategy, with a focus on meeting customer quality requirements, standards, and compliance for new product designs. This role also oversees ongoing reliability performance at manufacturing sites for current products, ensuring continuous improvement and that lessons learned are applied to future product development.
ATTRIBUTES
Customer-Centric – Builds and nurtures strong customer relationships by ensuring organizational awareness of, and compliance with, product development requirements.
Adaptable – Navigates complexity and changing priorities with agility.
Collaborative – Builds alignment across teams, including engineering, operations, and other support functions.
Strategic Thinker – Anticipates future customer requirements and aligns quality objectives, systems, and processes accordingly.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The NPI Product Quality Senior Engineer’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Quality Planning for New Products with Early-Stage Risk Identification
- Define NPI quality strategy, deliverables, and timelines aligned with program milestones.
- Develop product quality plans, including control plans, inspection standards, and validation requirements.
- Lead PFMEA and DFMEA reviews with cross-functional teams.
- Identify potential failure modes early and drive preventive actions prior to mass production.
Customer & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as the quality interface between design engineering, manufacturing sites, and customer quality teams.
- Ensure customer-specific requirements are incorporated into NPI deliverables.
Supplier & Component Readiness
- Collaborate with SQE teams to ensure critical components, new suppliers, and subassemblies are qualified and stable.
- Address risks related to new materials or design changes.
Build Readiness & Line Preparation
- Oversee quality performance during EVT, DVT, and PVT builds.
- Ensure proper defect logging, categorization, containment, and resolution prior to mass production.
Validation & Reliability Testing, Issue Resolution
- Plan, coordinate, and review product validation and reliability test results.
- Ensure issues identified during reliability testing and validation builds are resolved through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Coordinate 5 Why and 8D investigations for defects during NPI builds.
- Ensure closure of corrective and preventive actions prior to product launch.
ORT Support (Ongoing Reliability Testing) & Continuous Improvement
- Ensure issues identified during reliability testing at manufacturing sites are resolved through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Drive closure of corrective and preventive actions, ensuring lessons learned are transferred and applied across sites and future product development.
- Ensure continuous improvement (CI) projects are implemented and completed on time to strengthen quality systems and prevent defects.
Documentation & Reporting
- Maintain complete documentation, including control plans, process flows, inspection standards, and PPAP/FAI packages (as applicable).
- Ensure traceability and adherence to QMS requirements throughout the NPI process.
Team Leadership
- Foster a culture of quality and accountability through training and coaching.
- Identify and develop future quality leaders.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- Minimum of 8–10 years of progressive experience in NPI quality management, with familiarity in mechanical assembly and manufacturing operations.
- Strong understanding of quality management systems (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS9100), APQP, PPAP, FMEA, and root cause analysis methodologies (8D, DMAIC).
- Experience managing strategic relationships with customer design and quality teams to establish quality controls for technology development roadmaps.
- Experience working in a global organization, with sensitivity to cultural and regulatory differences.
- Ability to travel internationally, as required.
WHY WORK FOR US?
Competitive Compensation package- We offer a competitive compensation package, including competitive salaries, progressive employee incentive plans, retirement plans, comprehensive benefits.
Opportunity for Global Impact- Make a tangible contribution within the organization, by shaping the company's technological future. Lead projects with international scope, gaining exposure to diverse markets and cultures.
Growth and Advancement: Our company is on an accelerated growth trajectory and that translates to growth and advancement opportunities for our team, including access to training and development and education allowances.
Autonomy and Ownership- Be part of a dynamic environment where your ideas are valued and you can take ownership of projects and initiatives, fostering a sense of accountability and accomplishment
Commitment to Diversity: Amphenol is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging where individuals of all backgrounds can thrive and contribute their unique and valuable perspective.
Rewards, Benefits and incentives- Participate in our progressive employee incentive plans, retirement plan and generous benefits package that includes health, dental, vision & traveler's insurance as well as a Health Care Spending Account.
Amazing team- Work with motivated, passionate teammates in a collaborative culture where cross-functional teamwork is encouraged.
Come join the Amphenol family!
The base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $150,000 annually. In determining the rate of pay, Amphenol considers a variety of nondiscriminatory factors, including but not limited to geographic location, relevant industry experience, qualifications, skills, and education. It would be rare for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for a given role. Base salary is one facet of Amphenol's total rewards package which includes participation in our comprehensive benefits program with medical, dental, and vision benefits, vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, life insurance, short/long term disability, and membership in our Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our main focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.
Amphenol is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin
For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/
