Quality Engineer

About the Role

Plans and directs activities concerned with development, application, and maintenance of quality standards for industrial processes, materials, and products.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and revises quality systems procedures and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
• Manages the internal auditing procedures and conducts audits.
• Works with customer representatives and third-party auditors to conduct audits and resolve problems.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Maintains supplier quality performance ratings and audits suppliers.
• Establishes programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical equipment and facilities.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devices methods to assess cost and determine root cause.
• Monitors and follows up on proposed corrective actions to verify implementation and effectiveness.
• Investigates customer complaints and reports results to the Sales department.
• Guides workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability, as well as those who perform quality systems reviews and audits.
• Participates in the development of planning department documents to assure a quality plan is in place to produce conforming product in the most efficient manner.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Trains employees in quality issues, appraises employee performance during audits for reporting to management, addresses quality complaints, and resolves quality-related problems as assigned by management.
• Provides management with suggestions and recommendations for quality improvement.
• Other duties assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management and groups of supervisors and managers using tools like PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to apply statistical tools for the purpose of continual improvement of products and processes, including the use of internal SPC database, collection of characteristic data, and compilation of reports utilizing software such as Excel to produce histograms, Pareto charts, bell curves, etc.
• Proficiency with computer software, particularly Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• U.S. citizenship is required; candidates must hold only U.S. citizenship (no dual citizenship or other nationalities permitted) due to access to information subject to U.S. government flow-down dissemination control NOFORN (Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals).

Qualifications

• Degree required in Engineering.
• Internship experiences preferred.
• A thorough understanding of advanced statistics and Six Sigma applications is preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus, but not required.

Physical Demands: Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. Frequently required to sit. Occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level is usually loud.