Quality Engineer

About the role

The Quality Engineer oversees all Quality Assurance functions at the plant level throughout the product launch and life-time cycles. The Quality Engineer works closely with internal and external customers to ensure products and processes meet predetermined specifications.

Responsibilities

• Establish procedures for maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and safety.
• Determine and enforce quality and safety requirements in accordance with real company needs, based on current regulations and product development.
• Organize and promote companywide quality improvement efforts.
• Evaluate and develop improved techniques for the control of quality, reliability, and safety.
• Directly responsible for implementation and maintenance of the company quality system, reporting on the performance of the quality system for review and as a basis for improvement.
• Act as liaison with external parties on matters relating to the quality system.
• Oversee APQP activity at the plant level regarding the development and documentation of Process Flow, PFMEA, and the Control Plans. Prepare and submit PPAPs.
• Oversee the preparation, implementation, and maintenance of Quality Control work instructions.
• Oversee reporting and disposal procedures for RMA scrap material.
• Oversee the corrective action process.
• Oversee the preparation, implementation, and maintenance of an effective statistical methods program.
• Oversee the training of value stream personnel in the use of statistical methods.
• Lead quality improvement by establishing methods of data collection, control charting, dimensional inspection, documentation, or other experimental design techniques.
• Drive growth and development opportunities for succession planning and career pathing within the quality department. Oversee the development process and track performance to meet goals.
• Direct the activities of the AS/ISO Administrator in relation to maintaining the QMS.
• Ensure that products meet customer and quality standards.
• Ensure that the organization's Quality Management System conforms to customer, internal, AS9100/ISO 9001, and regulatory/legal requirements.
• Monitor, measure, and review internal processes, especially those that affect the quality of the organization's products.
• Report to management on the performance of the QMS (e.g., results of quality audits, corrective actions), including the need for improvement.
• Responsible for accuracy and timely inspection/calibration of monitoring and measuring devices.
• Oversee the timely response to customer corrective action requests associated with returned product.
• Work with customers, employees, contractors, and outsourcing firms to develop product requirements as needed.
• Actively participate in production meetings with the sales, engineering, programming, and manufacturing teams.
• Identify areas for Quality Control improvement and implement new methods accordingly.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in disciplines such as Computer Engineering, CPA, or related field, plus 5 years of related experience and/or training, and 5 years of related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read a limited number of words and recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
• Ability to write and speak simple sentences as a means for basic communication.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Skills

• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization, from production associates to senior leaders.
• Ability to function as a team player and be comfortable leading without authority.
• Ability to build credibility and trust.
• Ability to influence leaders and change their paradigms.
• Proficient with the use of the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Minitab statistical analysis software.