Product Quality Engineer II; Onsite

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast‑paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Are you crazy about quality? Do you love troubleshooting and continuously improving processes and products? Axon is looking for a self‑motivated Quality Engineer II who is hungry to showcase their talents in the video and public safety industry. As the Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for product quality from development to post‑market of our assigned product. You will set up testing and analyze video and CEW hardware to ensure that quality and safety are maintained.

You will set up test cases, develop scenarios, report issues, diagnose technical problems, and conduct tests in multiple environments to assure that the product can stand up to everyday use. You will communicate findings with product managers, developers, and systems engineers, review technical drawings, develop inspection plans, and review first‑article inspection reports and process capability data from suppliers before approving materials to ship to Axon.

Location: Onsite at our Scottsdale, Arizona office

Reports to: Manager, Quality Engineering

• Will follow the Axon Product Lifecycle (APL) to comply with the quality deliverables which include but are not limited to issue management and resolution (CAPA/APEX), FAIR/CPK approvals, validation plan implementation and execution, evaluation of critical to quality (CTQs) attributes and implementation/development of monitoring at incoming, in‑process and outgoing quality inspections.
• Manage 8D and RCA teams to perform corrective and preventive actions (CAPA/APEX) from internal and external sources (RMA).
• Create First Article Inspection Plans (FAIR) and production part approvals (PPAP)
• Effectively manage the Acceptable Quality Limits (AQL) sampling plans for incoming, in‑process and outgoing quality
• Lead teams to generate dFMEAs to identify and mitigate risks.
• Provide quality engineering support to field support teams, including statistical analysis, measurement systems analysis, root cause analysis, and inspection procedures
• Lead teams in identification of risks/hazards relative to new product designs, processes, suppliers and applications. New, Unique, Different, Difficult assessments (NUDD)
• Lead launch quality activities like Early Field Failure Analysis (EFFA)
• Perform validation through process controls and assist in new and improved plans for the functionality of the products and services offered by Axon
• Provide the tools, methodologies, techniques, and technical insight to introduce improvements of electronic processing.
• Effectively communicate appropriate details in a dynamic, multidisciplinary team environment to meet internal and external customer demands.
• Utilize statistical techniques and professional independent judgment to analyze data for process improvement.
• Develop and lead execution of process validations and tests; analyze resulting data and document results (protocols/reports).
• Effectively Join Forces with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong ‘Own It’ mentality to work autonomously and manage time effectively.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Quality or similar)
• 5+ years of plant operations and/or quality experience with proven success delivering significant measurable improvements
• Knowledge of configuration management and product release to market processes
• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) or equivalent process evaluation and improvement knowledge and experience
• Knowledge and experience using IPC 610‑A standards required;
  Internal/External Auditing experience preferred
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Minitab, JMP; other statistical software considered
• Ability…