Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Engineer

About the role

Manage Quality Control and Quality Assurance activities, establish short and long-term quality plans, monitor and report quality metrics, and act as main quality liaison to customers.

Responsibilities

• Create and introduce new product release systems and disciplines in order to ensure quality commensurate with YAI’s quality-focus philosophy.
• Create and establish short-term quality plans; support execution of long term quality plans.
• Implement quality metrics and collections systems to track progress and make improvements.
• Communicate and coordinate with parent company on new product development, introduction strategy and ongoing technical/quality issues with new and existing products.
• Manage internal and external corrective actions.
• Lead teams to prepare all the necessary information required by the customer, identify and implement opportunities for continual improvement, including cost reduction and process improvements, design changes, component substitutions, supplier changes, labor savings, etc.
• Provide cost analysis in the form of return on investment, breakeven analysis, and/or annual total.
• Review supplier requests for design changes, evaluate their impact on product design and authorize appropriately.

Requirements

• BS degree in Quality Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering (with EE background), or Electrical Engineering (with ME background).
• Certified CQE, Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent.
• BS degree: minimum 4 years of quality control experience related to electronic assemblies.
• MS degree: minimum 1 year of quality control experience related to electronic assemblies.
• Ability to develop and operate quality control systems including training programs.
• Ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices.
• Familiarity with quality cost concepts and techniques.
• Knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems and to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Ability to plan long-term improvements in order to establish high quality structure.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Strong training and follow-up skills relating to the development of staff.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Quality Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering (with EE background), or Electrical Engineering (with ME background).
• Certified CQE, Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent.
• BS degree: minimum 4 years of quality control experience related to electronic assemblies.
• MS degree: minimum 1 year of quality control experience related to electronic assemblies.
• Ability to develop and operate quality control systems including training programs.
• Ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices.
• Familiarity with quality cost concepts and techniques.
• Knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems and to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Ability to plan long-term improvements in order to establish high quality structure.

Skills

• Quality Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering (with EE background)
• Electrical Engineering (with ME background)
• Certified CQE, Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent
• Statistical Methods
• Quality Cost Concepts
• Management Information Systems
• Auditing Quality Systems
• Problem Solving
• Training and Follow-Up
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Benefits

• Highly competitive benefit package, including a generous 401(K) plan, profit sharing, corporate wide bonus plan and educational assistance program offering up to $10,000 a year for graduate courses.

Pay

• Negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

• Full-time.

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