Harbor Freight Tools is looking to develop best-in-class products that deliver premium performance at a great market value, requiring technical leadership to ensure the highest level of product functionality, quality, and speed to market.
Requirements
- Proficient in HFT specific programs - Kronos, ISS, TurnTo, etc.
- Mechanical Proficiency: Understanding of advanced mechanical systems and cost with demonstrated ability to develop mechanisms.
- Electrical Proficiency: Understanding of advanced electronics and costs, with an aptitude to learn controls used in area of assignment.
- Manufacturing Proficiency: Demonstrated ability overseeing quality control systems and product manufacturing.
- Ability to apply, follow, and create appropriate formalized testing methods to prove reliability of products according to HFT standards.
- Demonstrate proficiency to work with a wide range of equipment including electronic testing equipment, small motor dynamometer, AC/DC load banks, data acquisition systems, environmental chambers, hardness testers, and other lab tools.
- Knowledge of UL, CSA, and other regulatory standards with application to product design.
Responsibilities
- Supports testing group by preparing appropriate test methods, instructions, and plans.
- Proactively updates test protocols.
- Reviews reports, interacts with test team, and generates appropriate corrective action plans.
- Update and publish list of items to be inspected to ensure product inspections are focused on the most important items.
- Proactively works with overseas inspection team to identify inspection process improvement areas and create solutions to improve inspection quality.
- Support complaint handling group in resolving product complaints by analyzing product and market comparisons.
- Drive corrective actions.
Other
- Ability to read schedules and to drive project tasks to timely completion with a sense of urgency.
- Strong organizational ability with attention to detail.
- Must possess sense of urgency, collaborative team style, and ability to quickly adapt to changes in priorities.
- Ability to absorb, prioritize, and complete multiple parallel tasks.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting with various departments and outside parties such as Global Sourcing, Merchant, Asia teams, and vendors.
