Quality Engineer

Role Overview:

Technique is looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team at our Jackson, Michigan facility. This position reports to the Quality Manager in the Quality department. The Quality Engineer inspects and measures components and finished products to determine compliance with engineering requirements, creates and maintains records, data, and metrics necessary for quality assurance, and assists with dispositioning nonconforming product. This role develops procedures and processes for quality system compliance, participates in and leads quality and continuous improvement projects, and works with customers, vendors, account managers, and the purchasing department on quality-related issues while partnering with customers and technicians to develop and improve product.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree (preferred) or an associate degree in engineering technology or another technical field, with three to five years of hands‑on experience in a quality control discipline related to manufacturing or engineering (or an equivalent combination of education and experience). Strong working knowledge of GD&T, experience with quality management systems (ISO-9001, AS-9100, IATF-16949), and hands‑on experience setting up and using inspection equipment such as CMM (PC-DMIS), laser inspection (Poly Works), SPC (Minitab), and calibration software (GAGEpack) are critical factors in this role.

• Perform advanced hand measurements – Perform advanced hand measurements, including 3D angles and GD&T callouts such as Cylindricity, Flatness, Perpendicularity, True Position, and Profile.
• Apply advanced GD&T knowledge – Review customer documents and spot troublesome GD&T callouts; teach GD&T to other staff members.
• Produce RMAs – Produce RMAs utilizing the ERP system and follow up accordingly.
• Develop welded assemblies – Develop welded assemblies to meet engineering and customer requirements.
• Decipher scan data – Decipher scan data and improve Poly Works measurement settings to provide accurate results, whether the results are good or bad.
• Support assembly GD&T development – Understand component part GD&T and how it relates to the assembly; take given assembly GD&T and help the engineering team develop component GD&T prints.
• Maintain quality system compliance – Apply a strong understanding of quality management system ISO
  9001, and potentially AS9100 and IATF-16949, to develop procedures, processes, and coordinate efforts for quality system compliance.
• Sub in for the Quality Manager – Lead the department and sub in for the Quality Manager on days when they are off site.
• Participate in APQP meetings – Contribute to the company’s future jobs and manufacturing processes.
• Participate in customer Quality Review meetings – Participate in customer Quality Review meetings and print assessments; argue on Technique’s behalf when it comes to reasonable tolerances.
• Design check fixtures and inspection aids – Work with the Engineering and Quality departments to help design check fixtures or aids to improve the manufacturing process; perform and/or assist with review and evaluation of inspection holding fixtures, component parts, and assembly inspection fixtures to determine if the fixture is adequate for the task; verify the reporting software is applicable for the job and in the correct customer-requested format;
  
  propose solutions to potential issues relating to fixture and measurement processes as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or associate degree in engineering technology or other technical degree, with three to five years of hands‑on experience in a quality control discipline related to manufacturing or engineering (equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Strong knowledge and working experience with GD&T
• Experience in Quality Management Systems (ISO-9001, AS-9100, IATF-16949)
• Experience with the set-up and use of various types of inspection equipment: CMM and software (PC-DMIS), laser inspection (Poly Works), surface plate and height gages, profilometers, optical comparators, thread gages and pin gages, micrometers, calipers, bore gages, angle gages, SPC (Minitab), and…