Quality Assurance Technician - Metrology & QMS

Overview

Quality Assurance Technician 2 – Metrology & QMS

Monday-Friday, 3:30 PM to 12:00 AM

Base Pay: $25.00 to $30.00 (DOE) + $2.00/hour Shift Differential

For over 100 years, we’ve manufactured high-quality products right here in the USA. We still operate out of our Oregon-based factory to this day, producing innovative, battle-proven optics for the world's most relentless hunters, shooters, law enforcement officers, and military personnel. Regardless of the product, whether it's a red dot or a riflescope, we design and manufacture it with one goal in mind—to ensure it performs for life.

At Leupold and Stevens we’re American to the Core and passionate about what we do. Product excellence and uncompromising quality are our top priorities. We’ve built a collaborative, high performance culture where team players with innovative ideas and a sense of urgency thrive.

• affordable health and dental insurance
• a strong commitment to training and professional development including an internal skills development program for all manufacturing team members
• a generous tuition reimbursement program
• company contributions up to 8% of base pay into a 401K retirement account
• profit sharing
• and great product discounts (to name a few)

Depending on assignment, provide team members with audit results and reports for manufacturing, assembly, and QMS processes, provide training and assistance to operators with regard to quality tools and processes, and be an active participant in continuous improvement activities on cross functional teams including quality, operations, and the value stream engineering teams.

With occasional direction and assistance from others, has the ability to perform tasks such as:

• Conduct QMS, process, and product audits; provide on-the-spot feedback to operators
• Create records and reports of audit results
• Adhere to audit schedules and notify stakeholders of any changes / updates
• Draft revisions to gauge & fixture instructions including photos and detailed processes steps
• Make decisions on issues that are not addressed by an existing procedure or work instruction
• Modify programs used on program based inspection equipment
• Purchase new gauges and inspection equipment when needed
• Train operators how to use inspection equipment (Collimators, Air gauges, Micrometers, CMM, etc…)
• Respond to operators who need help using inspection methods or confirming measurements
• Support QEs with gauge and process studies;
  Coordinate with production to gather & inspect parts.
• Respond to SPC alarms; ensure data integrity, support operators and elevate systemic issues
• Participate in problem solving and continuous improvement activities
• Follow written procedures and work instructions
• Any other duties as assigned by the manager or supervisor

• High school diploma or GED required
• Associates degree in a technical field or 2 years technical training and 2 years related experience in any of the following areas: machine shop, mechanical assembly, optical assembly, and/or optical systems and components required. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Previous experience with Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) including set-up experience preferred.
• Previous experience with Optical Measurement Systems (Ram, OGP, etc.) including set-up experience preferred.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required
• User knowledge of Microsoft computer software products (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.) required.
• Previous experience and use of software applications (Minitab, QCCalc, WinSPC) for effective testing, analysis, and/or test report generation preferred.
• Training in the following disciplines:
  • Gauge usage
  • Optical Measurement System
  • Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
  • Blueprint reading
  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Internal auditing
  • Root cause analysis
  • Corrective and preventive action
  • Manufacturing process controls
  • Metrology
• ASQ Certified a plus, CQI (Inspector) or CQT (Technician) preferred
• ERP / MRP proficiency a plus, Oracle preferred

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