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.

• 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

• 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 decisions
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