Quality Engineer

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

REPORTS TO: Quality Manager

LOCATION: Oak Harbor, WA.

PAY RANGE: $88,200 - $110,200 - $132,200

As a business unit of IDEX Corporation, IH&S has a long history of driving growth in life sciences and healthcare by embracing innovation and redefining the supplier‑customer relationship. The work we do every day allows us to discover key insights and break new ground to create some of the most meaningful technologies that have a lasting impact on companies, industries, and society.

One of business segments is called Life Science Optics and we are looking to add more talent to the team.

The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure that IDEX Health & Science products meet purchase specification, design and quality/reliability requirements. This position requires ownership and vast depth and breadth in many areas. It is critical for this person to be a team player with the ability to be flexible, positive, and collaborative, as required to contribute to the success and growth of IDEX Health & Science.

This Position is not eligible for a remote work environment.

• The ability to take initiative, a sense of ownership and follow through is essential to the health of the organization.
• The ability to openly and willingly communicate at all levels is critical to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• The QE must be a positive team player, someone that can be counted on to contribute fully and willingly to go the extra mile to meet the goals of the team and the company as a whole.
• Actively ensuring compliance to IS0.9001, company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for assuring customer and supplier quality performances.
• Implement quality planning, control plan, FMEA, inspection methodology, and root cause analysis.
• Work with Operations and Engineering to increase efficiency through the improvement of in‑house and supplier manufacturing processes, and product quality/reliability.
• Developing and managing KPI’s, databases and countermeasures as required for continuous improvements.
• Participate in Material Review Board activities and feedback to suppliers.
• Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action for process related concerns.
• Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system, such as 5S, Kaizen Lean methods, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years Quality Engineering (preferred) or related engineering experience.
• Must be a team player and a leader with the ability to promote collaboration, taking ownership and/or facilitating a process achieving a closed loop process.
• Demonstrated experience with injection molding manufacturing processes.
• Familiar with Moden quality tools such as FMEA, Control Plan, and Statistical techniques.
• Experience with IS0 9001.
• Demonstrated understanding of quality metrics, process characterization, mapping processes, Lean Manufacturing, VSM, Six Sigma, and Continuous Process Improvement.
• Excellent communication in English—both written and oral.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access).
• Familiarity with the use of ERP & Document Control systems (e.g. Oracle, JOE, Adobe Acrobat, AutoCAD).
• Ability to travel approximately 20% both domestic and international.
• Certain positions with IDEX Corporation and its business units require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations.…