About the Role
Graphcore is seeking a highly motivated individual with experience in managing supply chain quality in a high-tech manufacturing organization. You will ensure the readiness of our global supply chain to ramp successfully as we develop and manufacture the world's most advanced AI systems and services.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate APQP activities such as risk assessment, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and control plan development to proactively identify and mitigate quality risks
- Create and maintain quality plans, ensuring conformance to customer specifications and internal standards
- Ensure suppliers fulfill our NPI to ensure production readiness
- Collect and analyse key production metrics such as cycle time and yield to support process and quality improvements
- Support training and education of production personnel
- Develop standard operating procedures to improve operator efficiency and process consistency
- Participate in Kaizen events to measure, document, and continuously improve manufacturing processes
Requirements
- Ability to work across several organisations with engineering leaders and factory operatives
- Expertise in APQP activities, FMEAs, SPC, control plans, ISO Audit and other quality tools
- Experience in facilitating engineering and management teams through structured root cause analysis (8D, 5-why, etc)
- Gravitas to represent Graphcore and partner companies and act as Voice of the Customer within our supplier chain
- Passionate about consistently aiming for excellence, attention to detail and relentless focus on continuous improvement
- Highly developed problem-solving skills
- Acute focus on delivering results under pressure and to challenging deadlines
- Demonstrable experience in the semiconductor industry, server manufacturing with an emphasis supplier quality improvements
- Certification and/or experience in Lean and/or 6-sigma
Skills
- APQP
- FMEA
- SPC
- Control plans
- ISO Audit
- 8D
- 5-why
- Lean
- 6-sigma
Location
- Bristol
- Cambridge (UK)
- Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Work Type
- Flexible working
Experience Level
- Supplier quality management in a high-tech manufacturing organization
- Semiconductor industry experience
- Server manufacturing experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Commuter benefits
- Wellness services
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
About the Company
- Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute, developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure to unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs.
- As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies.
- Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives.
- Graphcore brings together deep expertise to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful progress in AI compute.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we're committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone.
- We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us.
- We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.
