Senior Quality Engineer

Job Duties

• Develop and drive process consistency to ensure compliance with sourcing quality and qualification requirements
• Execute continuous improvement projects to reduce defects and cycle time and improve fulfilment
• Aid in developing and implementing ISO compliant processes for applicable business functions
• Conduct process audits and manage regulatory compliance requirements
• Drive customer quality improvements utilizing the quality dashboard metrics
• Manage non-conforming material, customer complaint, and corrective/preventive action processes
• Prepare sound responses to customer-issued corrective actions
• Lead internal and support external ISO audits
• Lead cost of quality reduction initiative for given area of responsibility
• Lead and track supplier/part qualifications and surveillance activities for assigned commodities or segments
• Collaborate with Sales and Procurement to obtain necessary vendor compliance information (i.e. REACH, RoHS)
• Monitor supplier performance to identify and drive process improvement, manage root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action implementation
• Partner with procurement to establish methods of evaluating existing suppliers and approve potential suppliers through various assessment screens and quality metrics
• Work with external customers, internal customers, and business leadership as needed to meet goals and communicate performance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of quality or operations experience
• Experience with ISO requirements
• High School or GED - Required
• 4 Year / Bachelor's Degree - Preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to identify and implement best practices
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated team and empowerment skills
• Strong PC skills (Microsoft office suite)

Physical Demands

• Sit: Must be able to remain in a stationary position - Constantly – at least 51%
• Walk: Must be able to move about inside/outside office or work location - Frequently – 21% to 50%
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel: Operates a computer and other office machinery - Frequently – 21% to 50%
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl: Must be able to crouch down to stock shelves, pick up boxes, or position oneself to maintain computers in the lab/under desks/in server closet - Frequently – 21% to 50%
• Climb or balance: Must be able to ascend/descend on a ladder, forklift, pallet jack, or other warehouse equipment - Frequently – 21% to 50%
• Talk, hear, taste, smell: Must be able to use senses to effectively communicate with co-workers and clients and detect hazardous conditions - Constantly – at least 51%
• Handle or works with potentially dangerous equipment - Occasionally – up to 20%
• Travels to offsite locations - Frequently – 21%

Working Environment

• Exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and/or exposure to heat and cold - Occasionally – up to 20%
• Exposed to electrical hazards; risk of electrical shock - Occasionally – up to 20%
• Handles or works with potentially dangerous equipment - Occasionally – up to 20%
• Travels to offsite locations - Frequently – 21%

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401K with Employer Match
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid company holidays plus flexible personal days per year
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health & Wellness Programs
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• HSA Accounts
• Commuter Transit Benefits
• Additional Optional Insurance such as Pet Insurance, Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Home and Auto Insurance to name a few.
• Employee Discount Programs
• Professional Training & Development Programs
• Career Advancement Opportunities – We like to promote from within