Quality Engineer

This role monitors and improves the quality of our operational processes and outputs on a daily basis. The quality engineer's daily responsibilities include designing quality standards,establishing and following processes, developing quality control systems, anddeterminingcorrective actions. This role also collaborates with others to implement quality measures.

This job involves applying quality control principles to ensure the reliability, safety, and effectiveness of products or services.

• Experience coding and using QA software tools and processes required.
• Root cause analysis experience preferred.
• Proficient with ISO Standards, 6 Sigma tools, and Statistic stools.
• Ability to understand military and customer specifications and to read drawings.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation,communication and writing skills.
• Ability to define problems and drive to root cause and effective corrective action.
• Experience in Supplier Quality Engineering including;?
  
  Supplier auditing;
  
  Supplier Qualification;
  
  Suppliermonitoringusing Supplier score cards.
• Experience with AS9100 and ISO
  9001 procedure writing and auditing; AS9100 auditing is preferred.?
• Competent in problem solving tools:
  Root Cause Analysis, 8D, 5 Whys, DMAIC. 6
  
  Sigma Green Belt certification preferred.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office products
• Superior grasp of prioritization and sense of urgency
• Able to understand task directions and work directives that are communicated in English.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Satisfactory interpersonal skills withabilityto collaborate with others and work independently.
• Strong interpersonal,analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to perform multiple tasks and obtain results working within strict time frames.

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• Lead the efforts to develop,maintain,and deploy quality plans that translate customer requirements into planned activities.
• Drive process and product improvement initiatives across multiple functional disciplines.
• Review and approveinternalengineering andsupplierdocumentation and provide input toassurethatappropriate quality requirements are addressed.
• Provide ongoing quality system support to include performing internal audits, ensuring implementation of root cause corrective actions.
• Lead quality improvement teams, Material Review Boards and Failure Review Boards.
• Coordinate with other quality and engineering personnel to create FAIR and PPAP packages for submittal to customers. Manage changes as appropriate.
• Assist with evaluating and dispositioning non-conforming material.
• Provide technical support for Assembly/Test/Inspection personnel to include executing workmanship improvement plans, developing inspection methods and criteria, specifying appropriate sampling plans, interpreting, and revising specifications, and processing non-conforming materials.
• Act in resolving customer quality issues and driving root cause and corrective action on process and product quality issues.
• Develop and deploy SPC initiatives internally and at suppliers.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections anddrivessupplier continuous improvement processes including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, etc.
• Review and approve supplier corrective actions.
• Develop newproceduresto address all aspects of quality programs.
• Develop and generate statistical reports on inspection activities and results, new product or process testing results, etc. and recommend action as required.
• Coordinate scheduling and compliance for calibration and/or verification of inspection and test equipment.