Specialist, Quality Engineering

The Specialist, Quality Engineering is a critical role in our organization, responsible for supporting Co Quality Management System (QMS), driving improvements, and maintaining compliance throughout the organization. As an AS9100 accredited organization, Quality has extensive visibility and prominence at the Company. The successful candidate must be self-motivated, detail oriented, a team player, and capable of working closely with Production, Quality, Sales, Customer Service, and Engineering in meeting customer commitments.

Essential Functions:

• Work with the Operations, Inspection, Manufacturing Engineering and Supply Chain to address issues daily.
• Be data driven to assess processes, take measurements, and interpret data to facilitate continuous improvement in manufacturing operations.
• Report to the Quality Manager on Quality issues, metrics, and/or trends to support Management Reviews and improvement initiatives.
• Identify RCCA for nonconformances and customer complaints.
• Investigates the cause for discrepancies and nonconformities to develop disposition and recommend corrective action plans.
• Execute assigned Failure Reports, CARs, SCARs and Customer Complaints, leveraging help from other functions. Drive root cause analysis to ensure permanent fixes.
• Serves as guide for external third-party audits, complete FAI reports and support customer source inspection as needed.
• Serve as the primary interface to customers and suppliers for quality related matters.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drives supplier continuous improvement processes, including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and reviewing and approving of supplier corrective actions.
• Answer questions and provide direction to employees on quality related topics.
• Executes AS9100 Compliance Activities (Internal and External Audits, Training).
• Conducts internal audits and work cross functionally to resolve any findings through Corrective Actions.
• Familiar with dimensional measuring equipment (OGP, handheld measuring devices, etc.)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ Associates degree in engineering and minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Previous experience working in an AS9100 environment.
• Working knowledge of microelectronics products.
• Working knowledge of mechanical blueprints & tolerances.
• Technical expertise in aerospace engineering principles, attention to detail, and excellent problem-solving skills are essential for this role.

Preferred Additional

Skills:

• Experienced with Failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS).
• Experience building an AS System.
• Six Sigma / DMAIC problem solving knowledge.
• Previous experience with AS9102 First Article Inspections.
• Familiar with industry standards such as Mil Specs 883, IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001.
• Familiar with interpreting customer contract flow downs.
• Experience with governments projects, working with DLA/DCMA on onsite audits.
• Contract Specialties Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.