Senior Manufacturing Quality Manager

About Torus

At Torus our mission is to empower individuals and communities to become their own renewable energy provider. Torus accelerates the transition from fossil fuel to hybrid to fully electrified homes by decentralizing power and makes it easier to live a renewables life by orchestrating and automating power use during renewable energy cycles.

As an employee of Torus, you will be proud of the work that you do, innovating new technology solutions to help save our planet. You will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating new product offerings in the renewables industry. You will have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.

About the Role

We are obsessed about our Customers and delivering the best experience. The Senior Manufacturing Quality Manager reports to the Chief Operations Officer and is responsible to ensure that all new products developed meet or exceed our quality standards. Together, with a team of Quality engineers and Quality inspectors, you create and implement standards and control methods in such a way that we are able to meet or exceed our quality standard. Being part of a startup is exciting but it also requires being flexible, hands on and eager to continuously improve our products and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the Manufacturing Quality team.
• Help recruit and lead a team of quality engineers and quality inspectors.
• Defines, specifies, and/or approves of the implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products.
• Specify and source components and equipment.
• Create and optimize standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Create and maintain a clean and safe workspace (5S).
• Collaborate with Mechanical and Electrical product teams for design reviews and FMEA’s.
• Oversee the specification and design of test fixtures/jigs and equipment for quality assurance.
• Partner with the Engineering Director and Production Manager to ensure products are meeting requirements. relentlessly to improve product and processes.
• Complete other tasks as necessary.
• Performs quality reviews and internal audits; evaluates data and writes reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards. Lead or support external audits.

Experience You’ll Need

• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Experience in a professional manufacturing environment like automotive, medical or aerospace.
• Experience with quality systems, certification and controls.
• BS in Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering and 8+ years experience in quality assurance management or equivalent field.
• Experience leading a team in a manufacturing quality assurance environment.
• Experience with structural problem solving and continuous improvement (Kaizen).
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing best practices, including Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Working knowledge of Solidworks, productivity software, and strong communication skills.

Who You Are

• Able to lift up to 40lbs, stand and sit for extended periods.
• Committed to continuous process and product improvement.
• Work well in cross functional teams and lead with company values.
• Aligned to Torus’ mission: Empower individuals and communities to become their own renewable utility provider.
• Be collaborative but assertive and use all information available to make sound business decisions.
• High attention to detail and quality of work.
• Comfortable working in startup environment (you are flexible/able to pivot on tasks required of you and are excited to help where you can).

All candidates are subject to a background check.

Our Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee rewards package includes equity
• Accrued PTO
• 401(k)