Quality Engineer

Location: Yocumtown

Position:
Quality Engineer

Location:

Valley Green, PA

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high
bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks,
Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the
electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEM's
globally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH and we have design,
sales and manufacturing locations globally. The HSIO CN team is looking for a
Quality Engineer to join them in the Valley Green, PA location. The Quality
Engineer will help to plan and facilitate quality related activities for
manufacturing development projects by fulfilling the duties associated with
FMEA's, Product Quality Planning, Process Qualification Planning, Metrology
Planning, Control Plans, Inspection Plans and Methods, Workmanship Standards,
DOE's and other necessary studies within a development protocol in developing
Statistical Process Control.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Act as a team member to manage projects to assess quality aspects, report
process feasibility & risks and make quality recommendations on how to proceed.
Participate in definition of respective project plan qualification tasks and
schedules for development projects that meet time to market (TTM) objectives.
Interface with vendors, process engineering, product engineering and
manufacturing to assure capability levels and documentation compliance are
achieved in meeting quality deliverables.
Participate in quality readiness at the site by providing the inspections
plans, metrology, Cpk requirements and any special qualification requirements.
Participated in product & process FMEA, characterization of product and
process critical features and respective risk assessment activities.
Determine initial inspection methods based or best-known methods (where
applicable) and manage metrology requirements (internal & external)
Define process qualification plans, inspection plans, inspection workflow,
metrology requirements and workmanship standards for process engineering.
Facilitate process qualification planning assuring conformance to standards
and specifications.
Develop, facilitate and control standards and methods both internally and
externally for the inspection of CTF's inclusive of accuracy, linearity, R&R's,
long term stability, FAI's, Cmk's and Cpk's.
Support the analysis of defined risk areas and experimentation, proof of
principle tooling, feasibility studies, capability studies, detailed design and
analysis, DOE, passive data collection (PDC) and or basic technology searches
and development.
Assist process development engineers and mechanical Integrity engineers in
the (data & statistical) analysis of feasibility studies, DOE's, passive data
collection's (PDC) and capability studies.
Assist product and process engineering in the reconciliation of First
Article Inspections, Capability Studies and Comparison Studies through
corrective actions driven by root cause analysis that incorporate process
improvement tools.
Work with outside consulting houses as an extension of the engineering
department.
Interface with site quality, engineering, and other departments throughout
final phases of development and pre-release to manufacturing.
Transfer all quality pertinent documentation to the receiving manufacturing
site.
Coordinate and or participate in the metrology transfer and training to
respective personnel.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree from four-year College in engineering, Quality Assurance;
or six to eight years related experience and/or training; or equivalent
combination of education and experience.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical
procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from
groups of managers, customers, and the internal Amphenol groups.
Ability to effectively identify and eliminate common cause variation within
continuous or batch processes through the use of solid practices and analysis in
establishing statistical process control (SPC)
Ability to define and generate Quality Plans, Control Plans and Workmanship
Standards.
Ability to provide qualification assessments related to product/process
risks, capability and manufacturability.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from
managers, customers, vendors, engineers and manufacturing site representatives.
Should have knowledge and skills using:
Microsoft Suit (Power Point, Excel, Word, SharePoint)
Measurement System Analysis
Statistical analysis software (Minitab)
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
Strong Knowledge of Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility
Demonstrated skill and knowledge to train individuals and teams.
Demonstrated ability to operate with minimal supervision and provide updates
on project status where issues or problems can be reviewed, discussed and
resolved.