Quality Engineer

General Responsibilities

• Following company policies and processes
• Initiating and supporting continuous improvement activities
• Creating metrics and reports as required
• Documenting and improving Quality Processes
• Training new employees in Quality Processes
• Guiding process users and answering questions
• Ensuring compliance with internal and external standards where applicable
• Approving Engineering Change Orders for Quality Engineering
• Participating in NPI projects as a core team member
• Supporting Manufacturing Engineering projects as needed
• Performing other functional duties as assigned by the supervisor
• Supporting Global Supply-chain Management (GSM) department on vendor selection and performance activities
• Supporting Receiving Inspection activities, answering their questions regarding processes, parts, design intents, drawings, inspection techniques, sampling plans and SAP QM transactions
• Non-Conforming Material (NCM) And Material Review Board (MRB)
• Owning the process, documentation, and PLM tool
• Processing NCM data into databases (SAP)
• Managing Material Review Board (MRB) activities
• Managing MRB room inventory
• Managing MRB metrics and reports
• Ensuring on-time disposition of NCM records and NCM material
• Ensuring NCM data integrity and compliance with internal and external standards, policies and procedures
• Supplier Deviation Request (SDR)
• Owning the process, documentation, and PLM tool
• Approving SDRs
• Maintaining SDR process, work instructions, and PLM database
• Managing SDR metrics and reports
• Ensuring on-time disposition of SDRs
• Ensuring SDR data integrity and compliance with internal and external standards, policies and procedures
• Quality Information Records (QIR)
• Owning the process, documentation, and PLM tool
• Creating and maintaining Quality Inspection Plans in SAP
• Creating and updating QIR in SAP
• Ensuring SAP quality plans’ functionality and accuracy
• Preventing QIR and Quality Lot errors in SAP
• Working with manufacturing engineers and receiving inspectors to maintain quality plans and QIRs
• First Article Inspection (FAI)
• Owning the process, documentation, and PLM tool
• Creating FAI requirements on FAI forms
• Supporting Manufacturing Engineers’ approval of FAI results
• Generating FAI metrics and reports
• Ensuring on-time disposition of FAI results
• Out Of Box Quality (OBQ)
• Owning the process, documentation, and PLM tool
• Chairing the OBQ board meetings
• Managing the OBQ action items
• Generating OBQ Metrics

Qualifications

• Fluent in Microsoft Office Tools
• Advanced skills in MS Excel (data mining, macros, charts, tables, pivot tables etc.)
• Experience in leading and contributing dFMEA, pFMEA, DFx tools and processes
• Experience in, NPI process
• Experience in leading and contributing cross-functional international teams
• Experience with chairing Material Review Board (MRB) and NCM activities
• Excellent people skills and team player
• Experience with SAP material master and quality modules and transactions
• 3D CAD experience with ability to read fabrication drawings and make changes
• Excellent understanding of fundamentals of quality assurance and QMS
• Experience in using conventional inspection equipment and CMM (or similarly advanced tools)
• Experience in process capacity analysis
• Excellent verbal / written communication, and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• ISO9001 or equivalent
• Leverage Lean Six Sigma
• Experience with process improvements
• Experience with writing Engineering Changes

Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Strong typing skills
• Ability to lift 25lbs

Education/Experience Requirements

• BS in Engineering
• Minimum Of 3 Years’ Quality Engineering Experience