Quality Engineer
Overview
The Quality Engineer will work with all departments providing solutions to quality problems of major significance and will provide technical guidance and assistance to quality and manufacturing personnel. General duties include: internal and external audits and corrective actions, supporting Product Investigation Reports, Customer Contract Review, reducing scrap & rework, maintaining the Approved Supplier list and dealing with customer and supplier quality performance issues.
Annual Salary: $95,000 – $100,000
Duties and Responsibilities
- Direct support for AS9100 quality management system (QMS) compliance, including internal audits, corrective action system and applicable projects
- Improves key quality metrics of scrap and rework by implementing and supporting lean and continuous improvement activities
- Drives the operation to reduce scrap and rework by leading continuous improvement projects
- Determines most effective methods for inspection techniques
- Implements standardization of inspection techniques across manufacturing, assembly, and supplier
- Supports manufacturing on determining critical manufacturing factors that contribute to high quality of the product
- Provides guidance, support, and training for corrective action activities in the manufacturing floor
- Statistical methods to control and evaluate process capabilities, such as SPC, machine capabilities and gauge R&R
- Provides subject matter expertise while interacting internal, external customers by meeting regularly, responding to requests, and resolving issues as they may rise
- Implements PPAP, process flows, FMEAs, controls plans and capability assessment when appropriate
- Reviews contractual requirements for quality compliance, flow down requirements to all levels of the organization, and creation of customer compliance matrix
- Generates, reviews and processes Quality non-conformances, conduct containment, obtains disposition, evaluates root causes and implements corrective action as required
- Mentors team members on quality practices
- Performs other related duties as required and assigned
Education and Experience
- BS degree or equivalent required
- Experience in aircraft component testing, tear down and analysis
- Experience in report writing and customer communication
- Familiar with program knowledge of basic SPC, MSA, Gage R&R
- Working knowledge of customer and regulatory requirements, including FAR part 21 and FAR-145 preferred
- Proficient at blueprint reading, engineering drawing interpretation and tolerancing
- Experience/familiarity with AS9100/ISO9001 quality standards
- AS13100 training is preferred
- Knowledge in Inspection and test methodologies
- Ability to perform PFMEA and Production Flowcharts
- Knowledge of Lean and/or six-sigma process preferred
- Advanced knowledge of Quality, manufacturing engineering processes and regulatory requirements
- ASQ certified quality engineer is preferred
Physical Demands
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand and sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Hydra Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer
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