Senior Quality Engineer - Manufacturing; relo avail

Senior Quality Engineer (electrical testing)

Manufacturing location:
Waukesha, Wisconsin. Relocation assistance available. Base salary: $86,000 to $115,000. Industry: Manufacturing & Production.

Ideal candidate:

• Minimum of two (2) years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's Degree
• 2+ years of experience performing Quality audits and QMS documentation
• Electrical testing procedures and protocols experience
• Understand and have experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) models
• Quality Compliance experience

Job description:

• The Quality Engineer is responsible for carefully monitoring the overall quality of manufactured products.
• They rigorously test processes and enforce uncompromising quality standards.
• The engineer is also responsible for creating detailed documentation, designing strict quality tests, and setting clear criteria for test results.
• Quality Engineers maintain high-quality standards and decisively address any issues that arise.
• They work alongside a team of professionals to ensure that final products consistently meet and exceed customer expectations while optimizing the manufacturing process to be both efficient and cost-effective.

Essential functions:

• Directs cross functional teams in problem solving and issue analysis in an effort to address either customer or production related issues
• Coordinates support of production manufacturing with problem solving, process improvements and resolution to manufacturability issues.
• Maintains ISO 9001 quality system and supports the management of Quality Management System procedures.
• Manages identification of gaps at the Department/Plant level and executes improvement activity using knowledge as subject matter expert.
• Directs coordination of customer return analysis and ensures timely response to customers.
• Works with Design Engineering and Supply Chain to ensure that quality criteria are clearly identified on all newly established parts and communicated to suppliers.
• Develops and leads routine risk assessment activity (PFEMA) on all new products and with changes that affect existing product.
• Works in partnership with engineering to support all NPD Launch related projects and milestones related to product quality and improve the overall process to achieve zero defects and launch readiness.
• Executes or facilitates all aspects of APQP and Part Approval and sign-off for both suppliers and customers, manage revisions of process control documents such as PFMEAs, Control Plans and other quality tools to ensure compliance.
• Analyzes scrap, warranty, internal defect, and customer complaint rates to develop action plans for improvement.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in quality or manufacturing.
• Minimum 2 years experience with Quality Management Systems, including managing internal audit

Preferred qualifications:

• 3-5 years of Quality or Manufacturing experience.
• Ability to read and interpret assembly and component drawings and engineering specifications.
• Understanding of problem-solving methodologies used in determining root cause and formulating corrective action(s) - i.e. thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis, control charts, Pareto charts, A3s, etc
• Experience in electrical testing procedures and protocols.
• Fundamental knowledge of electrical equipment at component and integrated system levels.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret regulation and standards, and implementing Electrical Safe Work practices such NFPA 70E.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and trouble shoot electrical control, protection, instrumentation, and metering schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Experience supporting Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing plant.
• Project management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work with little direction and effectively operate in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to assist manufacturing operations and product designers/engineering personnel to resolve electrical design and build production issues

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:

• MS Word Resume
• required compensation.
• Contact information.
• Availability

Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.