Associate Principal Quality Engineer

Location: China - Shanghai Office

Job Description

Overview:

The Lead Quality Engineer is a key figure in ensuring the overall quality management of Core Technology components throughout the product development lifecycle. This role encompasses supplier technical and quality evaluation, new technology introduction, production processes oversight, risk analysis, and lifecycle problem resolution. Success in this position requires translating Dyson’s quality standards into actionable strategies across global supplier networks.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

Supplier Partnership & Onboarding

• NUDD Selection & Qualification: Evaluate technology partners and suppliers for quality, technical capabilities, and performance records to ensure alignment with Dyson’s quality standards. Provide strategic recommendations to stakeholders.
• Supplier Onboarding: Lead the functional quality onboarding of suppliers to ensure their understanding of Dyson’s quality requirements and prepare them for seamless collaboration across product lifecycles.

Product Development & Manufacturing Oversight

• Product/Part Development: Define and implement end-to-end quality strategies for core technology components in consumer electronics.
• Establish measurable criteria for performance, durability, reliability, and safety related to system integration.

• Manufacturing Process Development: Ensure manufacturing process development and product integration are clearly defined, risk-assessed, and tested to demonstrate readiness and capability to consistently deliver product/part fulfilling Dyson requirements

• Supplier Development: Identify and implement quality improvement initiatives to build supplier competence in delivering top-tier parts/products.

Issue Resolution

• Lead technical risk assessment and issue resolution by leveraging both internal and external expertise to ensure issues are thoroughly understood and robustly addressed throughout product lifecycle.

Skills & Requirements:

Educational & Professional Background:

• Qualification:
  • Master’s/Bachelor’s in Electrical, Electronics, or Electromechanical Engineering.

• Experience:
  • Minimum 3-5 years of experience in product design, development, and manufacturing, with a focus on electromechanical systems.

Technical Expertise:

• Domain Knowledge:
  • Good understanding of key electronic and electromechanical components, including sensors, PCBAs, battery management systems (BMS), power electronics, motors, heaters, and wire harness assemblies.
• Quality Tools/Standards:
  • Solid knowledge of industry quality standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.
  • Familiarity with IPC‑610/620, ESD controls, and statistical data analysis techniques.
  • Proficient in applying quality methodologies and tools such as 8D, FMEA, GR&R, SPC, DOE, and APQP.
  • Preferred Certifications: Six Sigma Green/Black Belt and ISO 9001/13485 Lead Auditor certification.

Communication & Cultural Agility:

• Strong communication skills tailored to technical, non-technical, hierarchical, and geographically diverse audiences.
• Language Proficiency: English (required), Chinese (for collaboration with suppliers in specific regions).

Flexibility & Travel:

• Open to international travel as required by cross-border manufacturing and supplier engagements.

Preferred Experience and Certifications:

• Hands-on expertise with key components such as heaters, sensors, batteries/BMS, PCBs, and motors .
• Certified ISO 9001/13485 auditor .
• Understanding of reliability modeling tools (e.g., Weibull analysis) and manufacturing process validation.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.