Quality Engineer

About the role

The Quality Engineer at Winchester Interconnect is accountable for ensuring quality systems and processes align with the company's growth and improvement targets. This role supports the Quality Manager, works with various departments, and drives productivity, quality, cost, and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical investigations, conduct DOE, FMEA, process auditing, measurement system analysis, and use standard quality techniques to eliminate defects and improve processes.
• Support the validation of new products and process launches, providing input on product reliability and compliance.
• Lead technical improvement initiatives and assess customer, industry, and regulatory requirements to develop tailored quality plans.
• Measure components and assemblies to tight tolerances, report process yields, and drive improvement initiatives based on data.
• Develop and implement test and inspection programs to meet customer, industry, and regulatory standards.
• Perform audit plans to ensure adherence to standards and execute audits to verify compliance.
• Champion a customer-centric, total quality culture and participate in NPI projects, internal auditing, FAIs, source inspections, RMAs, CARs, and general customer service.
• Support the Quality Manager in addressing customer-related quality issues, including failure analysis and corrective actions.
• Maintain a robust corrective action process and represent the product group during customer, supplier quality, ISO, and related audits.
• Support the Quality Manager in developing and monitoring business process performance metrics/indicators, making recommendations, and supporting process improvements.
• Participate in FAI, material review boards, and internal audits, collaborating with operations.
• Support the Quality Manager in addressing customer-related quality issues, including failure analysis and corrective actions, in conjunction with other functional areas.
• Ensure compliance with customer, industry, and regulatory standards, including export regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement, common processes, and company values to support growth and improvement targets.

Requirements

• BS degree in a relevant field (Material Science engineers or similar preferred)
• 3-5 years of quality experience
• Proficiency in quality, six sigma, and lean manufacturing techniques
• Design for manufacturability, design for assembly, measurement system analysis, design of experiment, and failure mode and effects analysis techniques in a design and manufacturing environment
• An analytical thinker with demonstrated technical ability to perform root cause analysis, prepare and implement action plans, and lead technical improvement initiatives
• A commitment to Winchester’s values of accountability, collaboration, and empowerment
• Ability to compile and use data, databases, ERP systems, spreadsheets, etc., to communicate and contribute to enterprise-wide initiatives and drive continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Commitment to Winchester’s values of accountability, collaboration, and empowerment (ACE)
• Ability to measure components and assemblies specified to tight tolerance
• Ability to measure process yields, report them, and drive improvement initiatives based on that data
• Experience with process auditing preferred

Benefits

Winchester Interconnect Corporation offers a competitive salary range of $85,000 - $100,000 (DOE) per year, plus incentive compensation. Exact salary is contingent upon experience, education, skills, and other relevant factors. For more information on our benefits and career opportunities, visit here.

Pay

$85,000 - $100,000 (DOE) per year, plus incentive compensation

Schedule

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Skills

Advanced product quality planning, nonconforming material trend analysis and corrective action planning, production process auditing, measurement system analysis, design of experiment, failure mode and effects analysis, Six Sigma, design for manufacture, design for assembly, reliability analysis, and lean manufacturing principles

Benefits

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Schedule

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Pay Transparency

Winchester Interconnect Corporation is committed to pay transparency. The pay range for this position is $85,000 - $100,000 (DOE) per year, plus incentive compensation. Exact salary will be contingent upon your experience, education, skills, and any other factors Winchester Interconnect Corporation considers relevant to the hiring decision.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Winchester Interconnect Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. We expressly prohibit any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.