Quality Engineer 1

Creation Technologies • Albuquerque, NM

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About The Position

This role has primary responsibility for the development and maintenance of production quality standards and documentation. The Quality Engineer 1 collaborates on continuous improvement activities through problem prevention and mitigation, leads corrective actions through data analysis and trending, and supports external audits and the internal audit program. This includes support of defining quality requirements for new products, preparing/maintaining necessary documentation, monitoring production quality performance to identify improvement opportunities, completing, reviewing, and maintaining quality records for compliance to Creation's quality system, and supporting customer and regulatory compliance requirements. The role also supports quality inspections and audit preparation, and customers under close supervision, managing specific customers or serving as the quality representative within an assigned customer focus team or designated functional area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Quality or Engineering or equivalent industry and/or military experience.
• Up to 4 years’ experience in Quality or related roles.
• Familiarity with Microsoft (MS) Office suite, Minitab, or equivalent software.
• Proficient English verbal and written communication.

Nice To Haves

• Electronics manufacturing service or related industry experience is preferred.
• Experience working in the quality for an organization certified to ISO standards (13485 and 9001 preferred).
• Basic knowledge and understanding of Lean and Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies and quality tools (i.e. Pareto Chart, Histogram, SPC, Flowchart, etc.).
• Familiarity with PFMEA, Control Plans, Measurement System Analysis, APQP and PPAP.
• Interpretation of assembly prints and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Development and maintenance of production quality standards and documentation.
• Continuous improvement activities through problem prevention and mitigation.
• Leading corrective actions through data analysis and trending.
• Supporting external audits and the internal audit program.
• Defining quality requirements for new products and preparing/maintaining necessary documentation.
• Monitoring production quality performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Completing, reviewing, and maintaining quality records for compliance to Creation’s quality system.
• Supporting customer and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Supporting quality inspections and audit preparation.
• Supporting customers under close supervision.
• Managing specific customers/serving as the quality representative within an assigned customer focus team or designated functional area.
• Participating in root-cause analysis and timely and effective resolution of Corrective Action/Preventive Action (CAPA).
• Handling routine tasks and simple investigations with guidance.
• Serving as the Quality Representative within an assigned Customer Focus Team or designated functional area.
• Interacting with other Engineers, Technicians and Production Team Members and external partners to collaborate on solutions and to execute on quality processes and standards to consistently meet the goals of customers and the organization.
• Participating in internal Quality and customer meetings.
• Working closely with Customer Focus Team members directly supporting and interacting with customers.
• Communicating moderate to moderately complex problems and solutions to internal and external stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Traveling as required.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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