Quality Engineer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish Quality Systems and foundation for new programs, new product lines and new equipment.
• Develop documentation to support customer and internal requirements (Part approval, SDS, Inspection Standards).
• Develop and update Manufacturing Quality Charts (MQC) / Process Control Plans.
• Gage development, confirmation, and Gage R&R. (CF Approval).
• Analyze new process for improvements and failure modes with cross functional team (PFMEA development and updates).
• Negotiate appropriate quality judgement levels with customer (Boundary Samples).
• Develops CIS for new processes. Color and Grain matching.
• Analysis of process for stability and capability.
• Support QC to improve / correct quality concerns for mass production parts.
• Develops all customer documentation for new parts – Inspection Standard, Sample Data Sheet.
• Develop / design checking fixture concepts for new parts (working with CF builder).
• Responsible for all part approval documentation submitted to the customer.
• Attends all required trials for responsible parts (internal and at customer).
• Ability to lead activities with other departments to find root cause and develop countermeasures for issues.
• Maintain awareness and understand the roles and responsibilities regarding the environmental policies, management system, and objectives and targets by attending the required training.
• Perform all tasks in accordance with the EMS procedures and practices and minimize the impact of their activities on the environment.

Qualifications

• Experience / education in preparing PPAP or other ISO/TS documentation.
• Ability to develop good working relationships with customers.
• Knowledge and ability to do SPC studies.
• Ability to problem solve - 5 why, 8-D, etc.
• Willing to travel up to 20% of time (domestic and international).
• Experience / education in preparing PPAP or other QMS documentation.
• Statistical knowledge for capability analysis.

Education and Experience

• BS degree in engineering or technical-related discipline, 2 year or more of Quality or Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Communication Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Clear, concise written and verbal skills.
• Ability to draft routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively in a group setting.

Technical Skills

• Computer proficiency with MS Office products, particularly Excel.
• Proficient in using SPC software such as Minitab, etc.
• Ability to read and interpret part drawings (blueprints) including GD&T principals.
• Ability to “problem-solve” using 5-why and other methodologies.

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to conduct detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to ten pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee normally works in an office setting.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Position Type/Expected Work Hours

• This is a full-time position and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Occasional overtime throughout the week and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.