Quality Assurance Engineer II

Key Responsibilities

• Leads process and product improvement projects in the development of quality programs and procedures for TDW to ensure data collection is structured, managed, and utilized to benefit TDW’s quality system.
• Utilizes appropriate quality tools (e.g., problem solving and root cause analysis, lean and Sig Sigma) to help resolve issues related to non-conformances.
• Supports the Material Review Board (MRB) to ensure that material is distributed appropriately and quickly.
• Utilizes statistics, problem solving and other quality tools to monitor and improve TDW’s business processes and to help troubleshoot production process and product issues.
• Manages manufacturing related NCR/CAR (Non-Conformance Report / Corrective Action Request) activities to ensure timely administration of activities and records.
• Identifies and facilitates the resolution of problems at manufacturing sites.
• Provides regular reports detailing performance to key metrics including Cost of Failure.
• Designs any special testing requirements for evaluation of components or sub-assemblies that are manufactured.
• Stays current on applicable weld regulations and reviews welding practices, inspections, and procedures to support compliance and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics, Engineering, or other technical discipline preferred
• 3 years Quality Engineering or Supplier Quality Engineering experience with an ISO 9001 certified company required, including experience supporting welding processes in a manufacturing environment.
• Quality System Auditor certification (e.g., ASQ Certified Quality Auditor or RAB/QSA Certified Lead Auditor) preferred.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and/or Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Experience with statistical DOE, SPC, ANOVA, Regression and Theory of Constraints.
• Experience with statistical software such as Minitab, R or SAS.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DFMEA) and Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis (PFMEA).
• Working knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) tools preferred.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to create, develop, organize and utilize complex databases in a quality environment.
• Thorough understanding of advanced statistics and their application in an industrial environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation and multimedia communications skills.
• Intermediate MS Office skills.
• Ability to travel (internationally and domestically), up to 20% of the time.