Senior Quality Engineer - Tampa FL

This position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard, and Reserve Members.

About the Role

The Senior Quality Engineer will carry out a wide range of Quality Assurance activities at Leslie Controls in Tampa, Florida. The role supports the business in new product development, lean implementation, process capability improvement, daily production support, project management, technical data interpretation/analysis, and quality system management, with an initial focus on in-service defects.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Serve as the key quality representative on new product introduction teams, responsible for contract review and driving design-for-quality.
• 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 teardown 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 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 and military/contractual requirements.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Knowledge of manufacturing operations.
• High ethical standards; models and supports organization’s goals and values.
• 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.
• Lean manufacturing practices to improve product/process quality.
• Excellent problem-solving skills aimed at identifying and correcting root causes of problems.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of problem-solving tools: 5-Whys, FMEA, 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 (GD&T).
• Ability to create and/or review failure analysis reports and perform dimensional tolerance stack-up analyses.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project) and other applicable tools.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of statistical quality assurance methods.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Experience with PPAP, Control Plans, FMEAs, and problem-solving techniques.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Design, mechanical integrity, process control, project management, assembly, and machining experience preferred.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering with 7+ years of experience in a quality-related field (Master’s 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.
• High School/GED required.
• U.S. citizenship may be required for certain certificates/security clearances.

Location: Tampa, Florida