Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer plans and directs activities concerned with development, application and maintenance of quality standards for manufacturing processes, materials and products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists with audits, including closing out audit findings, creating reports and determine proper corrective and preventive actions.
• Reviews company quality documentation, such as quality manuals, quality procedures.
• Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action for process related concerns.
• Assists with continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system, such as 5S, Kaizen lean methods, etc.
• Responsible for non-conforming material, tracking and reporting on rejection of material.
• Develop training to build quality awareness.
• Assists with customer specific requirements. Support/perform conformance to customer specifications (PPAP, 1st article, data sheets, etc.)
• Assist with planning, organizing and managing the overall activities of receiving/outgoing quality functions.
• Assist when necessary, with gage calibrations, conformance testing, special testing, die and fixture approvals.
• Basic Understanding of statistical analysis: SPC, Control Charts, Capability, etc.
• Assist Quality Manger with supplier development.
• Interface with Engineering and Operations to ensure transfer to production of new products are in accordance with approved data.
• Analyze failure, corrective and preventive action to respond to customer complaints.
• Participate in improving our product, processes equipment and methods.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment at all times.
• Continually looks for ways to improve job efficiency and performance.
• Perform all reasonably related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• One to three years progressively more responsible experience. Consideration will be given to experience acquired through academic scientific programs such as engineering or science laboratory classes.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or scientifically related field.
• A professional level of knowledge in a specialized field equivalent to that ordinarily acquired by completing a four-year baccalaureate program.