Engineer, Quality

About the Role

Responsible for execution of quality assurance and quality systems applications within the quality department and across the business. Apply proactive, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating and resolving quality issues. Manage internal Production and/or Supplier Quality. As the Quality representative, lead or support project(s) and teams on a variety of production and supplier matters. Utilize a diversified knowledge of engineering, software verification, supplier principles and practices to execute quality assurance and quality systems applications.

Responsibilities

• Recognition by internal staff and external customers and suppliers of possessing in-depth knowledge of quality and the role that extends across multiple disciplines.
• Understand overall quality objectives and principles, and continually work to deliver results and create solutions that support these goals and needs.
• Ensure customer commitments are met with quality products and processes.
• Remain focused on individual goal achievement, and on guiding others toward the most important quality objectives.
• Responsible for budget understanding, support, and target pursuit/achievement.
• Be accountable for providing coaching, performance feedback, and overall employee skill development for performance improvement and career development of self and others.
• Motivate staff/teams, leverage skills, and provide support necessary to assure effective process execution and personal/team growth.
• Stretch across organizational boundaries and encourage collaboration to produce superior results.
• View problems as opportunities for improvement, identify root causes of problems, secure relevant information to identify possible solutions, determine best solution, and once approved, complete mistake-proofing process.
• Demonstrate effective, reliable problem-solving skills.
• Keep abreast of developments in the quality field and identify and communicate new and intriguing quality-focused business ideas and practices.
• Lead quality process development for new product development.
• Evaluate new supplier quality process and implement first article inspection for new parts.

Requirements

• BA/BS with 2-5+ years of experience or MA/MS with 0-2+ years of experience.
• Engineering or Quality Assurance degree discipline required.
• Certification of Quality Control is a strong advantage (ISO 9001, etc).
• Fully developed professional able to work without direct guidance or direction from others.
• Experience supporting a Quality organization in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Experience with PPAP, FMEAs, Gauge R&Rs, and Process Control Plans.
• Experience working with suppliers and supplier quality.

Skills

• In-depth knowledge of the Quality discipline and the Quality Engineer role.
• Full understanding and support of a Quality Management System.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001.
• Willing to travel for up to ~25% of the time and have no travel restrictions, including overseas.
• Interpretation of technical drawings and specifications, industry-specific standards, and knowledge of change control processes and methods.
• Excellent use of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Good communications and organizational skills.
• Excellent mathematics skills.
• Strong focus on detail.