Quality Engineer

SUMMARY

The Quality Engineer is directly responsible for the daily activities related to non-conforming material investigation and control, calibration, and corrective / preventive action. Facilitates MRB activity including investigation and resolution; provides associated reporting. Supports New Product Introduction by ensuring First Article requirements are met.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Develop and implement control processes and programs, ensuring critical to quality characteristics are defined and implemented in the manufacturing processes.
• Actively participate and support New Product Introduction.
• Develop quality plans and documentation requirements, including the use of statistically valid sampling methods, to evaluate product at every stage of the manufacturing process.
• Ensure appropriate documentation and records are in place for inspection and quality engineering activities.
• Develop inspection and testing methods and interpret industry and customer product evaluation requirements.
• Provide training and develop others to ensure quality requirements are understood and followed.
• Confer with management, customers and suppliers in planning, scheduling, coordinating and directing quality activities to ensure conformance to customer requirements and specifications.
• Support qualification requirements, including components of FAI / LAI, and PPAP (PFD, FMEA, Control Plans).
  • Ensure First Article documentation is prepared and provided according to standard and customer requirements.
  • Coordinate testing, layout, and inspection to facilitate and set priority.
  • Define qualification requirements to ensure compliance to customer requirements.
• Assist in driving the internal and external quality audit process and ensure timely auditing and corrective action follow-up.
• Oversee the disposition of non-conforming material, ensuring root cause analysis (RCA) has been completed.
  • Confirm appropriate disposition activities are carried out; verify electronic and physical inventory are in alignment for MRB product and finished goods.
  • Supplier Corrective Action Requests are issued as a part of non-conforming material management.
  • Support SMART program by defining and facilitating continuous improvement activities; apply Lean, Six Sigma and sound RCA tools.

Other duties as assigned