Department OverviewA fast-paced, dynamic environment manufacturing world-class wireless communications equipment for military and public safety customers around the world.
Job DescriptionAs our Manufacturing Quality Manager, you will lead site engineering and quality operations at our new Salt Lake City Electronics Manufacturing Facility. This is a high-impact role requiring a deeply technical individual who can bridge the gap between the factory floor and corporate headquarters. You will be the primary on-site technical authority, responsible for architecting production lines and performing deep-dive diagnostics on radio hardware to ensure the Quality team remains self-sufficient and aligned with HQ standards.
• Technical Leadership and Production Architecture: Lead the design, build-out, and optimization of electronics manufacturing production lines. You must possess the working knowledge to troubleshoot line flow and mechanical bottlenecks without constant reliance on HQ support.
• Radio Systems Diagnostics: Act as the subject matter expert for radio hardware. You will diagnose complex technical issues and mentor QA technicians on sophisticated troubleshooting to establish a self-sufficient team.
• HQ Liaison and Quality Alignment: Maintain a robust, proactive connection to HQ. You will serve as the central conduit for quality standards, ensuring site operations remain perfectly synced with corporate engineering expectations.
• Operational Management: Plan and coordinate daily, weekly, and yearly activities for the Quality department.
• KPI and Performance Ownership: Support warehouse, shipping, and production operations to hit monthly targets. Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and cost.
• Compliance and Standards: Ensure rigorous adherence to quality and regulatory guidelines, including ISO requirements and internal corporate protocols.
• Strategic Growth: Identify and implement long-term continuous improvement initiatives. Prepare and manage the departmental budget while establishing a leadership presence within the corporation.
• Team Development: Recruit, interview, hire, and train a world-class technical staff. Focus on mentoring employees to handle advanced diagnostic tasks independently.
Preferred Qualifications• Proven experience building and optimizing production lines in an electronics manufacturing environment.
• Electronics troubleshooting experience, down to the component level.
• Experience in fine pitch hand soldering.
• Experience using lab equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and spectrum analyzers.
• Strong background in continuous improvement (Lean/Six Sigma) in an electronics manufacturing environment.
• Excellent communication skills with a track record of maintaining remote-to-headquarters alignment.
• Proven capabilities in leading a multi-disciplined team to meet objectives under tight deadlines.
Target Base Salary Range: $125,000 - $175,000 USD
Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.
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Basic Requirements• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, or science; or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Ability to work 100% on-site.
• Ability to travel extensively to Los Angeles for training during the initial months of the role.
Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes
Our U.S. Benefits include:- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- and more!
