Position Summary:
The Quality Engineer will utilize a wide range of knowledge and professional skills to drive Quality Engineering and Continuous Improvement initiatives and projects. The candidate will be the focal point for interfacing Quality Assurance issues with internal and external customers/suppliers ensuring compliance to the appropriate requirements including non-conformance analysis and implementation of effective countermeasures.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Required Skills:
Required Experience:
Level of Education:
The Quality Engineer will utilize a wide range of knowledge and professional skills to drive Quality Engineering and Continuous Improvement initiatives and projects. The candidate will be the focal point for interfacing Quality Assurance issues with internal and external customers/suppliers ensuring compliance to the appropriate requirements including non-conformance analysis and implementation of effective countermeasures.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Be assigned to perform varying degrees of Quality Engineering activities and lead projects pertinent to Internal and Customer Quality Assurance under general guidance of Quality Assurance Management.
- Drive continuous defect reduction by collecting and analyzing quality-related data (yield, rework, and scrap) and facilitating problem-solving activities to process improvement.
- Conduct internal/supplier audits to ensure customer requirements, regulatory agencies, government regulations, and engineering specifications are properly met.
- Perform purchase order and contract reviews to ensure complete flow-down of requirements throughout various facets of the organization.
- Ensure continual compliance and improvement to the Quality Management System procedures and processes.
- Host client and regulatory audits, manage responses/resolution, and audit follow-up
- Perform Material Review Board (MRB) duties representing Quality Engineering
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Operations and Engineering to improve manufacturing process and develop methods to eliminate quality problems.
- Requires consistent exercise of discretion and independent judgment to perform assignments of a professional nature requiring application of quality engineering and related techniques.
- Other duties as assigned
Required Skills:
- Six Sigma, and/or ASQ Certification is a plus.
- Ability to understand and interpret engineering technical data, such as manufacturing or part drawings, to provide guidance to cross-functional teams.
- Significant experience working directly with customers and suppliers.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as, strong problem solving, organizational, project management and decision-making skills.
- Understand internal and external customer requirements with a high attention to detail in resolving findings
- Knowledge of aerospace quality standards including AS9100, AS9102, & ISO9001.
- Ability to process and effectively communicate information using MS PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Required Experience:
- Typically 1-5 Years
- Experience working in military or aerospace quality systems
Level of Education:
- B.S. degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or related field from an Accredited Institution required.