Quality Engineer - Tube & Duct

Montana Precision Products•Butte, MT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Montana Precision Products (MPP) is seeking a Quality Engineer for the Tube & Duct team. This role will provide quality engineering technical solutions, working closely with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure products meet regulatory and contract requirements. The position is crucial for maintaining registration status for AS9100 Quality Management Systems, NADCAP Special Processes, and other customer and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

4-year Engineering Degree from an accredited university
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and industry standards
Demonstrated knowledge of ASME Y14.5 (GD&T)
Proficiency in MS Office including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Nice To Haves

3-5 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing or similar industry
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Lean / Six Sigma and Statistical Analysis Experience
Strong background in APQP and NPI processes

Responsibilities

Lead Tube & Duct team efforts and approve manufacturing planning and planning changes through Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) for New Product Introductions (NPIs) on new parts to be produced by the Company through a Zero-Defect approach.
Act as the Subject Matter Expert in Tube & Duct quality engineering matters, while ensuring strong cross-functional team integration with manufacturing engineering, production and delivery teams.
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of customer specifications, industry standards, and quality systems standards, including AS9100.
Support the Quality Management System (QMS) to assure continued compliance to customer requirements and registration to AS9100 Aerospace Quality System standards.
Support and lead both internal and external audits.
Lead and participate in all Quality activities, with a focus on quality objectives, product conformity, including FAIs & characteristic accountability.
Use effective Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA) strategies as they apply to Defect Reduction, CPARs, Escapes, MRB, etc.
Lead the Tube & Duct team’s shop floor technical support and act as the technical resource for drawing interpretation questions to manufacturing.
Provide and facilitate training on quality, including procedures, drawing interpretation, inspection, gages, etc.
Develop Quality and Inspection Planning, including incoming material quality planning.
Assist with all customer support activities, including: notification of quality escapes, investigation of customer returns, responding to customer CARs, and submitting NC/MRBs to the customer for approval.
Work with the Materials team to establish quality requirements for suppliers, qualify new suppliers, ensure supplier performance and communicate with vendors to clarify and resolve issues.
Assist with gage management and calibration, including selection of proper M&ME and performing Out of Tolerance (OOT) gage investigations as required.