Specialist, Quality Engineering

About the role

The Specialist, Quality Engineering plays a critical role in Narda-MITEQ's Quality Management System (QMS), driving improvements and ensuring compliance across the organization. This role is particularly important given Narda-MITEQ's AS9100 accreditation and its emphasis on continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Work with Operations, Inspection, Manufacturing Engineering, and Supply Chain to address daily issues.
• Be data-driven to assess processes, measure, and interpret data to facilitate continuous improvement in manufacturing operations.
• Report to the Quality Manager on quality issues, metrics, and trends to support management reviews and improvement initiatives.
• Identify RCCAs for nonconformances and customer complaints, investigate causes, and develop disposition and corrective action plans.
• Execute assigned Failure Reports, CARs, SCARs, and Customer Complaints, leveraging help from other functions.
• Drive root cause analysis to ensure permanent fixes.
• Coordinate Material Review Boards (MRBs).
• Serve as the primary interface to customers and suppliers for quality-related matters.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drive supplier continuous improvement processes, including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and reviewing and approving of supplier corrective actions.
• Answer questions and provide direction to employees on quality-related topics.
• Execute AS9100 Compliance Activities (Internal and External Audits, Training).
• Conduct internal audits and work cross-functionally to resolve any findings through corrective actions.
• Familiar with dimensional measuring equipment (OGP, handheld measuring devices, etc.).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience, or 2 years post-secondary/Associates degree in engineering and minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Previous experience working in an AS9100 environment.
• Working knowledge of microelectronics products.
• Working knowledge of mechanical blueprints & tolerances.
• Technical expertise in aerospace engineering principles, attention to detail, and excellent problem-solving skills are essential for this role.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experienced with Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS).
• Experience building an AS System.
• Six Sigma / DMAIC problem-solving knowledge.
• Previous experience with AS9102 First Article Inspections.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as Mil Specs 883, IPC-A-610, and J-STD-001.
• Familiarity with interpreting customer contract flow downs.
• Experience with government projects, working with DLA/DCMA on onsite audits.