Quality Engineer III

Minnesota:

Rochester | Quality Systems | Full Time

90, USD per year

Posted 3 days ago

At Benchmark, we are driven by our purpose: to innovate for a healthier, safer, and better‑connected world. When you join us, you become part of a team passionate about making a meaningful impact across various sectors, including commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next‑generation communications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment. We prioritize career growth, fostering a culture that ensures you reach your full potential.

At Benchmark your work is purpose‑driven, enabling you to create a positive impact on the world and make your career truly meaningful. You’ll be part of a collaborative and inclusive team that values your ideas and contributions.

Summary: The Quality Engineer designs, installs, and evaluates Quality Assurance (QA) process sampling systems, procedures, and statistical techniques. They design or specify inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment, analyze production and service limitations and standards, monitor manufacturing process, fabrication, inspection, test and shipping activities, recommend revision of specifications, formulate or help formulate QA policies and procedures, conduct training on QA concepts and tools, and interface with all engineering functions, customers and suppliers on quality‑related issues.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with an analysis of routine contract requirements to determine what quality characteristics are to be controlled; define manufacturing, inspection, test equipment required; special controls of special processes; and special skills needed to ensure proper application.
• Validate SPC limits and controls; audit process to ensure proper use and corrective action when out‑of‑control limits are reached.
• Review the contract data item descriptions and requirements and assist with establishing the necessary controls to ensure compliance.
• Create control plans that align to customer, product, regulatory and sector requirements.
• Participate in pilot runs and pre‑production runs; assist with a basic analysis of results.
• Review production and manufacturing specification processes to ensure conformance to drawings, specifications and contract requirements.
• Assist with the establishment of quality controls over all production processes and testing during the product cycle.
• Participate in the generation and review of various types of specification, drawings and Acceptance Test Procedures.
• Perform, when applicable, measurement capability and correlation studies to ensure continual adequacy and capability.
• Monitor special test programs on assemblies, components, special processes, etc. due to design changes and/or problems developing during the manufacturing cycle.
• Assist in inspection and testing of pre‑production equipment to ensure compliance with drawings, specifications and contract requirements, prior to submittal, for customer acceptance.
• Prepare summaries and analysis of evaluations, together with all pertinent charts, graphs, etc., under guidance of more senior engineers.
• Ensure that records/files are initiated and maintained in all relevant documentation pertaining to Quality Assurance.
• Perform Quality Audits to determine the effectiveness of the Quality Program and prepare audit reports.
• Participate in the verification (First Article Configuration Inspection) of hardware versus drawing/specifications.
• Prepare reports and corrective action documentation, under review of more senior engineers, in answer to Customer inquiries or complaints regarding inspection, test and production activities.
• Drive corrective, preventive and closure actions for project issues related to quality and/or test nonconformance.
• Develop and improve the site’s quality organization’s ability to perform complex problem solving to more effectively address customer complaints, service deviations and internal corrective actions.
• Perform analysis of reports and production data to identify trends and recommend updates or changes to quality standards and procedures when necessary.
• Drive/Use Key Process Indicators (KPIs) to determine process effectiveness,…