Quality Engineer NPD

Job Details

Location:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Function:
Quality – Quality Assurance

Job Category:
Professional

• Participate in new and sustaining product/process teams to support design verification tests, process validations, and quality processes.
• Involve in New Product Development (NPD) teams and related activities to develop products, design verification tests, process validations, and quality processes.
• Assist in developing quality‑engineered systems and products, and support qualification and validation activities.
• Work on complex problems and projects, innovating compliant approaches and solutions.
• Carry out calculations and document test results.
• Write or review technical reports, develop charts, graphs, schematics, and drawings to illustrate improvement processes.
• Ensure tools and test equipment are calibrated and repaired.
• Make recommendations on improving quality, efficiency, and cost of company products and processes.
• Ensure all documentation is recorded properly and follows procedures.
• Collaborate with R&D, Operations, and other functional groups in new product development, engineering projects, QA activities, and lifecycle management.
• Utilize quality engineering tools/processes in the development, implementation, transfer, and maintenance of products/processes throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead continuous quality and customer satisfaction improvement initiatives.
• Support the Non‑Conformance Report (NCR) process for U.S. BWI facilities.
• Develop and establish effective quality control and risk‑management plans, including AFMEA, DFMEA, and PFMEA.
• Write, review, and approve process and product validation protocols, reports, equipment qualifications, and engineering change orders.
• Use statistical tools such as Six Sigma, SPC, and DOE to analyze data and improve process capability.
• Ensure development activities comply with design control requirements, applicable standards, and transfer to manufacturing specifications.
• Perform technical problem solving, failure analysis, and root‑cause determination.
• Make independent decisions on engineering problems and represent the organization in conferences and meetings.
• Assess feasibility and soundness of proposed engineering evaluation tests, products, or equipment.
• Assign or review quality inspection testing and test data.
• Keep the department supervisor informed of activities and issues.

Base Pay Range: $65,000.00 – $

• Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year (48 hours for Colorado residents, 56 hours for Washington residents)
• Holiday pay, including floating holidays – 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time – up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52‑week rolling period
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time‑Off – 80 hours per calendar year
• Participation in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan and 401(k) plan
• Eligibility for the long‑term incentive program