Manufacturing Quality Engineer

About the role

The Quality Engineer provides support to the QA and other teams on quality principles for monitoring and improving process and product quality. They support the Saft World Class initiative as required and assist with identifying, analyzing, and developing improvements in productivity (Lean manufacturing), quality, and client/supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Saft World Class initiative as required.
• Provide quality engineering support to all departments including engineering, operations, program management, etc.
• Generally assist with identifying, analyzing and developing improvements in productivity (Lean manufacturing), quality and client/supplier relationships.
• Support customer/supplier communications (complaints, rating, product quality concerns) and ensure compliance of process specifications to customer requirements.
• Participate as necessary in change order review process.
• Train and/or support inspectors, coordinators, and operators in daily operations.
• Utilize root cause analysis tools to determine true root causes of product and process defects.
• Review of customer documentation to include contracts, statements of work, purchase order quality clauses, drawings and specifications.

Requirements

MUST BE A US CITIZEN OR GREEN CARD HOLDER

• Extensive experience with supplier management/validation is required.
• EITHER a degree plus 3 years of quality engineer experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is preferred.
• Experience must be in a manufacturing environment.
• Quality engineering experience in an ISO-9001/AS9100 environment preferred.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer preferred.
• Experience with First Article Inspection is preferred.
• Working knowledge and experience with Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) preferred.
• Proven experience in statistical process capability (SPC) analysis desired.
• Configuration Management experience is required, preferably with AS9100-D Audit process knowledge preferred (AS9100-D, ISO 90012015, Nadcap, etc.).
• Investigation of non-conformances and continuous improvement using RCCA tools such as 8D, 5-Why, PFMEA.
• Knowledge of laboratory protocol, inspection tools and manufacturing equipment.
• Desired certifications include IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, J-STD-001, AS9100-D Internal Auditing.
• Six-sigma knowledge or certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent record keeping and organizational skills.
• Good interpersonal and cross-departmental communication skills.
• Computer proficiency.

Skills

• Supplier management/validation experience.
• Quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• ISO-9001/AS9100 experience.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
• First Article Inspection experience.
• Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Statistical Process Capability (SPC) analysis.
• Configuration Management experience.
• Investigation of non-conformances and continuous improvement using RCCA tools such as 8D, 5-Why, PFMEA.
• Laboratory protocol, inspection tools, and manufacturing equipment knowledge.
• Desired certifications: IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, J-STD-001, AS9100-D.
• Six-sigma knowledge or certification.

Benefits

USD $85,000.00 - USD $110,000.00 /Yr.