Quality Engineer II

About the role

The Manufacturing Quality Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring product quality standards and requirements are consistently met. This role supports the development of new test programs and plans, identifies and implements corrective actions, optimizes manufacturing processes, and drives continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with assembly and testing departments to review processes and ensure assembly and testing operations are performed in accordance with established procedures.
• Supports the development of new test programs and plans.
• Develops a strong understanding of Assembly and Testing Methods and evaluates and ensures precision and accuracy processes, tests & measurements and production equipment.
• Identifies quality related problems in products and processes and develops solutions.
• Reviews, develops and initiates quality standards for tests, inspections and evaluations.
• Reviews, analyzes and reports on supplier quality discrepancies related to process/assembly systems and ensures that performance and quality of products conform to established company specifications.
• Works closely with Purchasing, Production, Engineering and Supply Chain departments to resolve quality related issues.
• Conducts on-site supplier product and process audits and develops programs to monitor and improve supplier quality and delivery performance.
• Initiates and monitors corrective actions and works with suppliers to resolve them in a timely manner.
• Active Participant in MRB meetings and decision making
• Updates customers in a timely fashion regarding product quality and project requests
• Covers coordination with Plant Quality Managers to discuss and resolve product quality issues raised by customers
• Issue Quality Alerts for non-conforming product delivered to customers
• Aid in problem-solving and root cause analysis activities to eliminate recurrence of non‐conformance including corrective action verification.
• Create Quality Improvement Plans for specific product lines
• Assist in the approval of First Article Inspection (FAI) reports
• Promote and Drive “Zero Defect” mentality within the quality Organization for proactive tools such Lean, Six-Sigma, Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing), Measurement System Analysis, Advance Product and Quality Planning (APQP) Statistical Process control (SPC) and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years related experience in manufacturing
• Minimum 2 years related experience in the Aerospace Industry
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical or manufacturing engineering or equivalent
• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma certification at Green Belt level or higher preferred
• Bilingual (Spanish) a plus
• Experience in complying with customer, statutory and regulatory requirements in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to direct identification of root cause, drive improvement actions and resolve problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and practical experience of quality tools including, but not limited to, APQP, FMEA, SPC, 8D, 5W problem solving tools, PPAP and FAI’s.
• Experience in complying with customer, statutory and regulatory requirements in a manufacturing environment.
• In-depth ability to direct identification of root cause, drive improvement actions and resolve problems.
• Competence in process simulation, CAD software, or digital manufacturing tools.
• Ability to Read & Interpret Blueprints
• Familiar with standard inspection tools and equipment & geometric tolerancing & dimensioning

Skills

• Problem-solving tools such as 8D, 19P, 5 whys and fishbone Analysis
• Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility (Gage R&R) studies

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.