Quality Engineer

## Quality Engineer Apply:
Onsite:
West Chester, Ohio, USA:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR102295

Connecting and Protecting People, Microwave Products Group (MPG) is a leading global provider of mission-critical engineered electronic components and subsystems comprised of five business units in six manufacturing locations. Our brand names are recognized globally including: BSC Filters, York, UK;
Criteria Labs, Austin, TX;
Dow-Key Microwave, Ventura, CA;
Pole/Zero, West Chester, OH;
Espy, Austin, TX; and K&L Microwave, Salisbury, Maryland and Dominican Republic.

Our expertise is the design and manufacture of communications-based specialty products – engineered components and subsystems – for demanding military, space, commercial aerospace/industrial, and telecom infrastructure applications where function and reliability are crucial.

As a Quality Engineer at Microwave Products Group – Pole/Zero Corporation in West Chester, OH, you will be responsible verifying conformance to specified requirements and assisting the appropriate departments in determining root cause and corrective action when product and/or process is nonconforming.  
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* Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

*** Analyze defect data and establish trend charts for review by management
* Assist inspectors in determining defects, component information, process indicators, etc.  Acts as a referee to verify conformance
* Recommend alternate inspection techniques and inspection equipment to facilitate more reliable inspections
* Attend daily production meetings to support any quality related issues that need to be addressed
* Participate in design reviews in order to determine if the product being designed can be manufactured and to ensure that quality is designed and built into the product
* Supports the engineering and manufacturing group with material and process issues
* Modify and update Quality department work instructions and procedures
* Reviews and approves manufacturing build instructions to ensure compliance to design requirements
* Performs internal process and product audit to ensure conformance to specified requirements and to the Quality Management System
* Responsible for in process Material Review Board, which includes the processing of nonconforming material
* Assists the Manufacturing Engineering group in determining root cause of the in process defects
* Develop and implement inspection plans
* Interface with the customer and suppliers on quality related issues
* Review and approve engineering drawings, which includes participating in design reviews
* Member of the CCB (Change Control Board); approves Engineering Change Notices
* Chair and coordinate Quality Focus Groups, by ensuring that the tasks that have been identified are being completed in a timely
* Involvement in general quality initiatives
* Work with inspectors and supervisors to ensure that the product being built conforms to specified requirements
* Assist QA, engineering and/or production in determining the root cause and corrective action of customer returns
* Participates in product and process qualification, and/or where ever decisions are made that may affect product quality
* Initiates and recommends the issuance of Corrective Action Requests when product and or process nonconformance is found
* Initiate and manage Quality Alerts
* Drive quality philosophies and new techniques into production and facilitate the training and understanding of general quality concepts, such as everyone is responsible for quality
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* Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

*** Must have a thorough understanding of IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001
* Must be able to communicate effectively with other departments, including manufacturing, engineering and management
* Must be able to communicate effectively with the…