Senior Quality Engineer

Location: St. Albans
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  around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.
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* About the Company:

** STC Material Solutions (STC) is an innovative Vermont-based manufacturer of high precision, high performance ceramic components for use in medical, aerospace and defense applications, as well as in many semiconductor and industrial manufacturing processes.  Our components are even in Mars Rover! The company is now part of IDEX Corporation, a US-based Fortune 500 company focused on technological innovation and niche manufacturing.  

This business combination allows us to offer you the best of two worlds.

At STC you’ll enjoy the collaborative and friendly culture that seems to be the hallmark of the very best Vermont-based businesses.  At the same time, you will be challenged to learn and grow on our team as you help us on our journey to build world-class analytical and reporting practices that suit the IDEX environment.

IDEX is committed to professional development at every level.  If you are top performer interested in developing your career beyond Vermont and within an American corporation with locations around the US and the world, you will have opportunities for advancement here and elsewhere in the organization.
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* Job Summary:

** The Senior Quality Engineer will be responsible for activities that drive Quality Improvement and compliance to all defined requirements, including STC’s AS9100 based Quality Management System.

The Senior Quality Engineer will work to support STC’s Quality principles:
* Right the First Time in everything we do and produce
* Agree what can be delivered in what timeframe and develop a plan on how delivery can be met
* Work co-operatively with all departments and suppliers to exceed customer expectations
* Always develop and execute a quality plan
* Understand customers’ business objectives as well as their technical requirements
* Ensure sufficient staff training and help to manage the impact of change
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* Essential Functions:

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*** Develop and implement quality engineering tools including SPC, AQL, and CPk to improve process reliability throughout STC facilities.
* Promote continuous improvement activities to increase productivity, eliminate scrap, and reduce rework operations.
* Lead the use of quality and statistical process control programs, including tools such as Process Mapping, FMEA, Gage R&R, Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Capability Analysis, Control Plans, SPC, and Lean practices.
* Work hands-on with inspection personnel, shop floor personnel, Materials Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering to sustain and improve product and shop floor processes.
* Provide additional information and/or support to Manufacturing Engineering to facilitate the completion of MRB activities for non-conforming materials, products and services submitted, when applicable.
* Evaluate and disposition materials, products and services, found non-conforming at Inspection within authorized limits, to arrive at the most economical disposition, while meeting all quality requirements.
* Lead and mentor STC personnel in performing good quality manufacturing practices.
* Assist with continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS) including, but not limited to: QMS documented information; quality audits, internal; quality audits, external.
* Work hands-on with office and professional staff to sustain and improve quality of contractual and office processes.
* Ability to perform contract review to identify quality requirements.
* Develop and maintain customer and external provider Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) documents, i.e.PPAP’s,.
* Establish and maintain effective professional relationships with customers, external providers, source…