Quality Engineer

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Full Time Professional Columbia, MO, US

3 days ago Requisition

Our Values of honesty, respect, responsibility, discipline, collaboration, open-mindedness, and resourcefulness are deeply intertwined with our culture, fostering an environment where integrity and mutual support thrive, and innovative solutions are encouraged.

Position Overview:

American Outdoor Brands Product Company was forged in innovation and the desire to produce quality products that support the everyday shooter, hunter, defender, and outdoors man. The Quality Engineer I is a crucial role within Product Development, to ensure our products achieve and exceed the expectations and performance needs of our customers. Under general supervision of the Quality Engineering Supervisor, the Quality Engineer I establishes and maintains quality requirements and relevant inspection standards for all products, to ensure all design and performance requirements are achieved.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform the following Essential Duties and Responsibilities under some supervision and with limited guidance:
• Supports product development activities by creating test protocols for prototypes, new devices and in-line product offerings.
• Supports and executes reliability testing using accelerated test HALT/HASS methods under supervision.
• Prepares, submits, and maintains test reports, data, and laboratory equipment under supervision.
• Evaluate new consumer products for performance and reliability using applicable industry standards, such as ANSI, ASTM, ASME, etc.
• Coordinate system and component level testing with suppliers or AOB engineers, as directed by product development managers.
• Work with engineers to write and execute test protocols that exercise product functionality and validate material specifications.
• Develop and work with test fixtures required for testing products, setup tools including computers, IT infrastructure and test fixtures.
• Create reports and analyze data that detail results of products with supervision.
• Draft supplier control plans, functional inspection, and final QC inspection procedures, as needed.
• Applies knowledge of Design and Process Controls to positively influence new product development efforts, including those for design inputs, specification development, verification, design and process validation, and risk management.
• Develops quality plans for product & parts to include relevant control plans (internal & external suppliers), coordinating sample approval process, product packaging plans, QA inspection procedures & protocols, provide training to QC department personnel on QA inspection procedures, & developing any necessary inspection fixtures & gages necessary to perform QA inspections.
• Support the Production Process and Product Approval (PPA) process for all new products with supervision to ensure products meet critical customer requirements, functions as intended, makes recommendations as to the supplier’s capability to product products reliably and repeatedly.
• Participates in continuous improvement initiatives to include identification of opportunities for improvement as well as implementing corrective action(s) where necessary.
• Takes initiative to develop & implement reliability test programs & protocols for incoming products & parts with minimal supervision.
• Maintains appropriate compliance records including domestic as well as foreign regulations with respect to applicable safety requirements, shipping requirements, and other legal requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

NOTE: This list presents only the principal duties of the…