Senior Quality Engineer

Position Summary

The purpose of this role is to carry out a wide range of Quality Assurance activities at Leslie Controls in Tampa, Florida. The Senior Quality Engineer shall support the business in the areas of new product development, lean implementation, process capability improvement, daily production support, project management, technical data interpretation/analysis (engineering drawings, specifications, technical publications, component maintenance manuals, purchase orders, etc.), and quality system management. With an initial focus on in-service defects.

Principal Activities

• Drive manufacturing process capability improvements through variation reduction, error-proofing, and implementation of statistical process control
• Collect and analyze data to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement of product and process quality
• Provide leadership on problem solving teams to drive root cause analyses and corrective/preventive action plans
• Key quality representative on new product introduction teams responsible for contract review and driving design-for-quality on new product introduction teams
• Manage major program manufacturing process qualification
• Manage supplier quality and provide support for supplier quality development
• Perform product reliability studies
• Validate and respond to corrective and preventive action requests (from both internal and external customers)
• Provide quality witness on tear down of customer returned material
• Participate on Material Review Board and Configuration Control Board
• Develop process flow charts/diagrams and process failure mode effects analyses reports
• Create statistically valid control plans for manufacturing processes
• Use of lean and six sigma tools to drive variation reduction
• Conduct and participate in quality system, process, and product audits
• Provide technical leadership to inspection team members
• Support product/process certifications and approvals
• Comply with all company policies/procedures
• Comply with all military and contractual requirements

Candidate Requirements

• Knowledge of manufacturing operations required
• High ethical standards. Models and supports organization’s goals and values; adapts to changing conditions; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles
• Strong business/technical writing, presentation, planning, problem solving, organizational, project management and decision-making skills
• Six sigma tools and methodology; green belt or black belt experience is a plus
• Leverage lean manufacturing practices to improve product/process quality
• Demonstrated working knowledge of problem-solving tools: 5-Why, failure mode and effects analysis, 8-D, Pareto analysis, fault tree analysis, Bayesian inference and Ishikawa diagrams
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement statistically valid control plans and audit plans
• Working knowledge of inspection metrology and proper application of automated measuring equipment
• Excellent working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Experience with PPAP, Control Plans, FMEA’s, and problem-solving techniques
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Design, mechanical integrity, process control, project management, assembly, and machining experience preferred

Education & Experience

• BS Engineering with 7+ years of experience in a quality related field. Masters of Science in Engineering a plus
• Or A minimum of 15+ years of progressive quality systems and process quality experience in a manufacturing environment with a focus on Supplier Quality Development
• Experience with lean manufacturing in a high mix low volume environment is a plus