Sr Quality/Reliability Engineer

Duties And Responsibilities

• Be a subject matter expert in the Precision Fastening team with respect to test methods, product requirements, user needs, and reliability for precision fastening products
• Develop critical to quality (CTQ) requirements from collaboration with product management and participation in user needs research
• Collaborate with engineering and marketing to ensure product specifications with respect to all aspects of reliability, quality, and user needs are met
• Design experimental techniques to improve development and testing efforts
• Implement testing best practices within the Precision Fastening team
• Interact with global suppliers that participate in product development
• Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the Milwaukee Tool process
• Research published standards and released products to drive understanding in a new, growing category

Testing And Analysis

• Develop test procedures and create test plans to evaluate product performance against user and product requirements
• Effectively document test plans, procedures, and best practices for execution in test laboratories
• Perform data analysis, post-processing, and visualization of test data
• Summarize test results with statistical techniques and present concise, logical, written conclusions
• Communicate results, summaries, and implications of test results to a wide variety of stakeholders including technical and non-technical leaders and decision makers
• Ensure timely failure reporting and drive root cause analysis and effective corrective/preventative actions
• Collaborate with global testing, manufacturing, and engineering teams to identify, evaluate, and resolve testing issues

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering (Reliability, Mechanical, Electrical, or other related disciplines)
• 5+ years of experience in related reliability, test engineering, and quality field
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and sound statistical application in areas such as design of experiments, sampling techniques, regression, reliability, FMEAs, hypothesis testing, etc.
• Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, data analytics, and related software (e.g. Python, nCode Glyphworks, Dewesoft, LabVIEW)
• Experience with life data analysis, reliability distributions, and statistical analysis, and related software (e.g. Minitab, Reliasoft Weibull++)
• Knowledge of measurement system analysis and capability studies (Gage R+R, Process Capability, Machine Capability), particularly as they relate to precision fastening applications
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels with creative problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to travel 10% (includes both domestic and international)