Quality Assurance Engineer

Elemental LED • Reno, NV

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About The Position

The Opportunity: Elemental LED is a leading U.S. based engineering and technology company that creates, develops, manufactures, markets and sells innovative, configured and integrated LED lighting solutions. The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) has awarded Elemental LED as the "Company of the Year - Large" at the 7th Annual EDAWN Existing Industry Awards event, and "Employees First - Large" at the 10th Annual EDAWN Existing Industry Awards event. Job Description What You Get To Do: The Quality Assurance Engineer supports all quality-related activities of the quality assurance department to ensure quality control and quality assurance of all manufactured and purchased products to achieve product excellence, continuous process improvement, and customer satisfaction. This position will lead the quality efforts and will support inspection, documentation control, and assist with validation of new products. The Quality Assurance Engineer will also monitor and test the quality of incoming and outgoing products, establish and/ or develop inspection standards and ensure that each is met. This position will also identify issues, recommend solutions and create quality documentation. This position requires collaborative work with various departments including Product, Engineering, Production, Sales. Challenge Yourself – The Specifics: Analyze new products prior to release and identify critical inspection areas as well as high risk reliability and safety issues Develop inspection testing plans, long term reliability testing plans, and accelerated lifetime testing plans Develop, establish, implement processes to enhance quality assurance to defined requirements Perform forensic inspections of failed field products Interact and collaborate well with members of other departments to improve quality methods and system processes which will result in a positive influence and impact on the overall quality of our products and services Assist Manufacturing Engineering team with work instruction development and check do check processes Develop and manage metrics gathering systems for vendor performance, internal manufacturing performance, and product field failures Validate QA inspection technician activities through periodic audits Initiate authority to stop a process, production for errors, safety and/or to ensure compliance with process Support training of fellow team members as needed Perform additional duties as assigned or requested

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering plus 5 years’ experience or 10 years of commensurate experience
• Quality Engineering experience relating to mechanical assemblies, electrical power supplies and wire harness
• Exceptional attention to detail, time-management, and problem-solving skills
• Experienced ability to safely use various metrology tools equipment including but not limited to, optical profilometer, handheld photometer, multimeter for purposes of evaluating product conformance
• Proven ability to strategize, plan, organize, prioritize, and execute a variety of multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner: organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines
• Competent to work collaboratively and professionally with other departments and suppliers, facilitating the resolution of problems or conflicts
• Proven experience of Quality Control best practices that can be applied in the company’s environment
• Thorough understanding of principles and practices of continuous improvement
• Positions in this classification stand, sit, bend, stoop, kneel and reach to perform work for extended periods of time
• Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 50 pounds and heavier weights with the proper equipment and assistance

Nice To Haves

• ISO 9001 procedure writing and auditing, a plus
• Six Sigma, Lean Certification, a plus
• General knowledge of LED’s, LED drivers, controls, basic lighting terminology, photometry and applications, a plus
• Optical profilometer programming experience a plus
• Experience with the following metrology equipment desired: Calipers Pull Force Gauge Multimeter Oscilloscope Photometer Colorimeter Optical Profilometer Spectro Goniometer Thermocouples and Thermal Camera Additional machinery and tooling requirements may be required at any point in time upon introduction to the Quality department to coincide with industry and manufacturing progression. It is beneficial and preferred for the employee to have had experience with the machinery and equipment but is not required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze new products prior to release and identify critical inspection areas as well as high risk reliability and safety issues
• Develop inspection testing plans, long term reliability testing plans, and accelerated lifetime testing plans
• Develop, establish, implement processes to enhance quality assurance to defined requirements
• Perform forensic inspections of failed field products
• Interact and collaborate well with members of other departments to improve quality methods and system processes which will result in a positive influence and impact on the overall quality of our products and services
• Assist Manufacturing Engineering team with work instruction development and check do check processes
• Develop and manage metrics gathering systems for vendor performance, internal manufacturing performance, and product field failures
• Validate QA inspection technician activities through periodic audits
• Initiate authority to stop a process, production for errors, safety and/or to ensure compliance with process
• Support training of fellow team members as needed
• Perform additional duties as assigned or requested

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D, Short Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance (100% PAID by employer), available first of the month, following the date of hire
• Company-matched 401(k) Plan, at 5%, no vesting schedule
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
• Parental Leave (PL)
• Sick Time Off (STO)
• Seven Paid Holidays
• Pre-Tax Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Career Development Plan Program
• Discounted Corporate Gym Membership at South Reno Athletic Club
• Tuition Assistance
• Monthly Birthday Lunch Celebrations
• Employee Discount
• On-site Snacks and Beverages
• Employee Referral Bonus Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level