Quality Assurance Engineer

Description

The Quality Assurance Engineer supports the manufacturing operations by providing technical support in controlling the processes and assuring customer and government requirements are met. Performs a major role in day-to-day problem solving, and helps to provide the PFMEA, Control plans and work instructions for their responsible areas.

• Direct the lab technicians and help develop the correct measurable and tracing systems
• Play lead role in continuous improvement programs
• Lead the effort in customer satisfaction by ensuring the proper actions are taken and the correct responses are submitted in a timely manner
• Support the engineers and other personnel in new program launches by ensuring all the customer and ARC requirements are met
• Lead in the development of QC tooling, gauging, software, etc. to ensure continuous improvement is obtained.
• Implement and maintain systems to control quality of production processes and audit those products and systems
• lead in the planning and execution of problem-solving studies to determine root causes, effects of problems. and monitor effectiveness of corrective action implementation.
• Use statistical methods including design of experiments to assist in problem solving effects, ensure necessary actions are taken through implementation.
• Ensures quality information such as test results, CpK indices, etc. are prepared for management.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned,

Work will take place in a combination office/shop environment. Employees may be required to work weekends, holidays, and be on-call on occasion. While performing the duties of this job, employees may be exposed to mechanical or chemical processes requiring the use of personnel protective equipment.

These are considered essential duties and are illustrative of those job tasks, which are fundamental. Employees may be required to perform additional related duties as may be assigned by management. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other related technical discipline and five to eight (5-8) years professional engineering experience in Quality Control/ Assurance, product reliability and laboratory test procedures.
• Must have a working knowledge of industrial application preferred.
• Working knowledge of AIAG, IATF 16949 and ISO
  17025 requirements preferred.

Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted.