Senior Quality Engineer

Location: Titchfield

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We pride ourselves as a premier supplier of fully integrated fuel systems for fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. The Titchfield facility boasts extensive fuel and air system test facilities, facilitating comprehensive testing across a range of conditions with various fuel types.

We are seeking a Quality Engineer to work within the Quality Engineering Team. Supporting all operations areas of the Titchfield site. Providing day to day support to the production areas in achieving production schedule, product quality, product cost, and employee safety goals.

What you’ll do:

This position is responsible for executing the defined Strategic Quality Plan in conjunction with plant leadership. Provides quality assurance support to customers, suppliers, partners and internal manufacturing cells and participates in continuous improvement activities in targeted areas. Executes the Quality Assurance strategy to ensure product flow consistent with established industry standards, government regulations and customer requirements.

Provides Quality customer interface and expertise to proactively assure requirements are understood and satisfied, including assisting in complaint resolution and root cause and corrective action determination

Supports Supply Chain Management organization relative to the collection and analysis of supplier quality data providing expertise and assists suppliers with product and process quality requirements

Executes the development, implementation, and improvement of the appropriate Quality Management Systems throughout the operation, providing advanced quality planning support in the development and launch of new products, processes and services

Participates in, and may lead, the auditing of internal Quality Systems and completes part approval documentation to assure that customer requirements are met in new or modified products and processes

Analyzes organizational quality metrics and performs periodic reviews to evaluate results and recommend action plans to close gaps at an operational level

Develops and analyzes statistical data and product/process performance to recommend and implement improvements in targeted areas

Contributes in the design and implementation of quality assurance training programs and conducts training in quality-related topics

Participates in product development and launch activities including identification of customer expectations, manufacturing and test support, reliability analysis, design reviews, evaluation of test programs, material testing.

Provides support, and may lead an improvement team, in the development and evaluation of process capability, process control plans, analysis of out-of-control conditions and process audits

Develops, implements, and audits complex inspection and test plans, standards and acceptance criteria, and procedures/work instructions

Investigates and eliminates causes of complex or multi-dimensional quality problems and follows up on corrective actions

Participates in the design, procurement, maintenance, and evaluation of gages, measurement instruments, devices and test equipment

Coordinates with multiple Quality Engineers to prepare consolidated plant, customer, and product status information and action plans

At times may be asked to supervise and direct tasks of other Quality Engineers

Qualifications:

A degree in an engineering discipline would be beneficial but is not required.

A Six Sigma qualification/belt would be beneficial but is not required

Skills:

Thorough understanding of problem solving methods-i.e:
Six Sigma, 8D, root cause analysis, and the associated statistical tools used to analyze problems, evaluate and complete improvement projects

Knowledge and understanding of Eaton’s corporate Supplier Quality Assurance requirements

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