Quality Engineer III

Business Profile

PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products consists of specialized manufacturing businesses that produce fasteners, precision components, systems, tooling, and engineered system solutions for a diverse group of end customers in automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial machinery, and other performance-driven markets.

PCC Engineered Products' manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industry-leading companies, which enables our customers to utilize our experience and deep product knowledge wherever they need it. Embedded in a culture of continuous improvement, our assets and industry leadership ensure that we will consistently deliver our customers the best value in the markets we serve.

Located in North Hollywood, CA, Avibank Manufacturing, Inc., a PCC Company, a part of the Engineered Products Group, is among the world's leading manufacturers specializing in the design and production of sophisticated fasteners and multi-component fastening systems and devices, solving difficult engineering and critical performance problems.

The Quality Engineer 3 will design, develop, and execute quality assurance and control systems. Use expertise and judgment to implement a wide variety of quality concepts, practices, and procedures. Contribute to product and manufacturing process design, as well as methods for verification/validation of product and services to ensure adherence to company/customer requirements. Works toward the prevention and/or resolution of product and manufacturing process non-conformances.

• Sets the standard for working safely and following all safety policies, leading by example, and participating in company wide and department safety events.
• Plans and conducts the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of assigned product or component.
• Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process changes.
• Reviews all purchased products or components and provides input to the decision of whether to accept the product and future purchases from the vendor.
• Documents data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with company policies and procedures.
• Develops new approaches to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities.
• Defines robust quality and inspection plans for programs or projects under guidance or using previous bodies of knowledge.
• Interprets design documents and specifications to extract and document the quality function deliverables.
• Reviews CMM or inspection data for the qualification of new product and production tooling
• Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management.
• Prepares reports to communicate involvement and results of quality assurance activities.
• Prepares and presents technical and program information to team members and management.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.
• Develops training documentation for specific processes in compliance with customer and quality requirements.
• Facilitates first article inspections including the approval and submittal of related reports (FAIRs).
• Participates in or leads continuous improvement projects to eliminate scrap and reduce rework operations.
• Works with operations management to establish, implement and maintain the quality management system.
• Interfaces with engineering design teams to drive changes for quality improvement.
• During manufacturing process and product design reviews, ensures that related quality considerations are well defined and documented in quality and inspection plans.
• Participates in or leads root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action for process related concerns.
• Supports and leads the Quality Inspectors to ensure that products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the quality management system.
• Conducts audits, including closing out audit findings, creating audit findings reports and determine…