Associate Principal - System & Component Engineer
Dyson · Shanghai
The Associate Principal Engineer (Core Technology) is a key technical position in Quality and Product Safety Organization for ensuring the overall quality of integrating embedded system and key components throughout the product development lifecycle. This role encompasses supplier technical and quality evaluation, component and system integration risk management, production process oversight, and lifecycle problem resolution. Success in this position requires collaborating with internal and external technology partners and 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 embedded software, applications, and system-level integration in consumer electronics.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and suppliers to define Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) metrics specific to power systems and drive system designs
- Review architecture designs, APIs, and firmware updates for potential quality risks.
- Establish measurable criteria for performance, durability, reliability, and safety related to system integration. Align test methodologies to measure and validate capability to meet the said criteria.
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 Degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Electromechanical Engineering.
- Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience in product development, testing and manufacturing, with a focus on embedded or electromechanical systems.
Technical Expertise:
- Domain Knowledge: Proficiency in embedded systems architecture, alongside working knowledge of components such as sensors, PCBs, Battery Management System, Power Electronics, Motors, Heater, and wire harnesses.
- Quality Tools/Standards:
- Knowledge of Quality Management System ISO 9001/13485.
- Familiar with IPC-610/620 standards, ESD, and statistical data analysis methods.
- Experience in tools like 8D, FMEA, GR&R, SPC, DOE, and APQP.
Data-Driven & Leadership Approach:
- Advanced problem-solving skills coupled with data/statistical proficiency.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and prioritization abilities, comfortable working under pressure and managing multiple projects.
- Ability to drive technical excellence and innovation among cross-functional teams and suppliers.
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.
- Relevant affiliations with global technical entities to enhance collaborative opportunities and align with industry standards.
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.