Senior Quality Engineer

About the role

A highly experienced Senior Quality Engineer with over 8 years of expertise in driving process and customer quality improvements within high-volume manufacturing environments. Proven ability to lead complex and innovative projects aimed at reducing internal defects and external returns, while ensuring compliance with company standards and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead process improvement to achieve and exceed plant quality objectives.
• Manage all line inspections and Statistical Process Control activities.
• Provide quality engineering expertise to assure compliance to specifications.
• Lead activities to analyze quality assurance data and initiate root cause and corrective action efforts to eliminate assignable causes that affect product quality.
• Work closely with product engineering and operations personnel to reduce manufacturing process variation and reduce plant’s cost of quality.
• Establish and manage incoming inspection lab and utilize data to drive continuous improvement.
• Drive conformance of processes and procedures through internal audit process and corrective action process.
• Maintain process control documentation like control plans and PFMEA.
• Lead inspection reduction efforts including automation on parts measurement.
• Participate in internal audits (quality, safety, BBS, BBQ) and corporate audits.
• Train supervisors, leads, technicians, and operators in adherence to the plant quality system.
• Qualify and validate manufacturing processes using statistical tools.
• Establish capabilities at plant test lab and complete test requests supporting quality projects and QMT.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering.
• Skilled in project management, Six Sigma, and Total Quality Management (TQM).
• Experienced with incoming inspection and supplier interaction.
• Strong statistical knowledge, including process validation, process capability studies, and risk assessment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Self-sufficient and thrive in a team environment.
• Ability to influence and lead others; a change agent.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills.
• Knowledge of Pareto analysis techniques, Gage R&R, FAI, PPAP, Control Plans, and FMEA.
• Skilled in the use of word-processing, spreadsheet, and database computer programs.
• Enthusiastic, hardworking, with a can-do attitude, working towards career advancement.
• Effective at multitasking and time management.
• Experience in new product introduction process.
• Familiarity with 8Ds Methodology.
• Metrology and measurement systems experience.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Experience in high-volume manufacturing industry / Lean manufacturing orientation and/or Six Sigma.
• Advanced technical degree or MBA.
• ASQ CQE and/or CQA certification.
• Experience in the use of InfinityQS or related field.
• Quality Manager Experience.
• Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills.
• 8+ years as Quality Engineer.
• Molding experience will be a plus.