Quality Engineer

Connecting and Protecting People, Microwave Products Group (MPG) is a leading global provider of mission-critical engineered electronic components and subsystems comprised of five business units in six manufacturing locations. Our brand names are recognized globally including: BSC Filters, York, UK;
Criteria Labs, Austin, TX;
Dow-Key Microwave, Ventura, CA;
Pole/Zero, West Chester, OH;
Espy, Austin, TX; and K&L Microwave, Salisbury, Maryland and Dominican Republic.

Our expertise is the design and manufacture of communications-based specialty products – engineered components and subsystems – for demanding military, space, commercial aerospace/industrial, and telecom infrastructure applications where function and reliability are crucial.

As a Quality Engineer at Microwave Products Group – Pole/Zero Corporation in West Chester, OH, you will be responsible verifying conformance to specified requirements and assisting the appropriate departments in determining root cause and corrective action when product and/or process is nonconforming.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Analyze defect data and establish trend charts for review by management

Assist inspectors in determining defects, component information, process indicators, etc. Acts as a referee to verify conformance

Recommend alternate inspection techniques and inspection equipment to facilitate more reliable inspections

Attend daily production meetings to support any quality related issues that need to be addressed

Participate in design reviews in order to determine if the product being designed can be manufactured and to ensure that quality is designed and built into the product

Supports the engineering and manufacturing group with material and process issues

Modify and update Quality department work instructions and procedures

Reviews and approves manufacturing build instructions to ensure compliance to design requirements

Performs internal process and product audit to ensure conformance to specified requirements and to the Quality Management System Responsible for in process Material Review Board, which includes the processing of nonconforming material

Assists the Manufacturing Engineering group in determining root cause of the in process defects

Develop and implement inspection plans

Interface with the customer and suppliers on quality related issues

Review and approve engineering drawings, which includes participating in design reviews

Member of the CCB (Change Control Board); approves Engineering Change Notices Chair and coordinate Quality Focus Groups, by ensuring that the tasks that have been identified are being completed in a timely

Involvement in general quality initiatives

Work with inspectors and supervisors to ensure that the product being built conforms to specified requirements

Assist QA, engineering and/or production in determining the root cause and corrective action of customer returns

Participates in product and process qualification, and/or where ever decisions are made that may affect product quality

Initiates and recommends the issuance of Corrective Action Requests when product and or process nonconformance is found

Initiate and manage Quality Alerts Drive quality philosophies and new techniques into production and facilitate the training and understanding of general quality concepts, such as everyone is responsible for quality

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Must have a thorough understanding of IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001

Must be able to communicate effectively with other departments, including manufacturing, engineering and management

Must be able to communicate effectively with the customer, both in verbal and written formats

High proficiency in Excel Must have the ability to analyze data to formulate quality and reliability…