QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

Responsibilities

• Provides QA support to product development and manufacturing team, resolving problems, defects, and other issues, ensuring the product meets specifications.
• Supports, designs, develops and enhances test processes and reporting for QAGenerate and maintains quality reports for management, highlighting KPIs and areas for improvement
• Establishing quality performance metrics to prevent issues preemptively
• Manages all testing efforts across projects and tasks
• Mentors and provides training assistance to QA Personnel
• Develops and maintains standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation
• Conducts regular audits and inspections to monitor adherence to quality standards
• Investigates product quality problems and determines root cause, gathers and analyzes data, and implements corrective actions to reduce or eliminate cause
• Performs process capability studies or special studies necessary to increase control and decrease total quality costs
• Analyzes manufacturing processes to identify areas for improvement in efficiency and quality
• Plans and oversees the analysis, inspection, design and test of products to assure the quality of the parts and products
• Performs quality engineering review of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including vendor quality manuals and Company quality records
• Able to perform manual inspection layouts
• Utilizes test equipment such as Calipers, Micrometers, Rockwell Testers, Surface Plate, Vision, Optical Comparator and CMM
• Proficiently generates programs for CMM inspections
• Clear understanding of GD&T
• Assists Century Arms with maintaining ISO 9001 compliance
• Leads Century Arms Corrective Action Program

Qualifications & Knowledge Required

• BS Degree in Engineering or related field required
• 8 years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent technical background with a track-record of problem solving and process development
• Experience in firearm production, tooling and machining highly preferred
• General knowledge of CAD and CMM software packages
• Experience with Solid Works
• Certification in quality management is a plus
• Formal GD&T training is preferred