Quality Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Identifies and recommends design or manufacturing changes and enhancements.
• Determines technical objectives for quality assurance as well as approaches to completing projects.
• Creates or recommends design, dimensional or manufacturing process changes to improve products and reduce costs.
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Participates in functional testing and/or inspection of equipment and systems.
• Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Implements solutions to complex problems occurring internally and at vendor facilities.
• May prepare statistical analysis reports, specifications and other technical documents.
• Interprets and adapts quality standards and government regulations.
• Acts as company contact with suppliers, customers and regulatory personnel to resolve quality issues.
• Delivers technical presentations.
• Provides project direction to other staff members.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or related discipline and six or more years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree or four or more years with a master’s degree.
• May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Must be able to apply a detailed understanding of inspection methods and have strong knowledge of computer operations and applications.
• Must have a strong knowledge of concepts, techniques, and methods in a particular field of specialization.
• Must have the analytical ability required to develop creative solutions to complex quality issues and the skills required to present those solutions to internal and external contacts.
• Must be detail-oriented to accurately prepare statistical reports and technical documents in support of company objectives.
• Must have strong leadership skills to direct staff members and ensure project costs and schedules are maintained while representing the organization on technical quality assurance issues.
• Able to deliver effective technical presentations and work extended hours as required.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or related discipline and six or more years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree or four or more years with a master’s degree.
• May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.