Quality Engineer

Lucifer Lighting Company • San Antonio, TX

33d • Onsite

About The Position

Lucifer Lighting Company is a privately held San Antonio-based designer and manufacturer of precision-engineered architectural lighting fixtures. You’ll find our products everywhere from SF MOMA to the Nike Headquarters. We’re in the campuses of 4 of the 5 largest tech companies and 5 of the top 10 tallest towers in the U.S. Our customers are the world’s leading architects and designers who look for minimalist industrial design and place a premium on service, quality, and innovation. Our people make magic happen; we are passionate, smart, hard-working, committed, and creative. We like to make work enjoyable and engaging.
We light the world’s most beautiful spaces.
Position Summary: The Quality Engineer will report to the Quality Assurance Manager and maintains and improves the quality level of material received from outside vendors and of internally finished products.

Requirements

• Detail oriented with a logical and methodical approach.
• Exceptional documentation skills and attention to accuracy when taking and recording measurements
• Competence with measurement equipment.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office suite to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must be tactful and use discretion to point out problems to co-workers.
• Ability to learn new processes, procedures, and tasks will be required for success in the job.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels of staff from hourly workers to company executives.
• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in mechanical, electrical, or manufacturing engineering.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus.
• 1 year Quality Control experience.
• Experience working in an ISO 9000 environment.

Responsibilities

• Document material non-conformances and lead material resolution/disposition process.
• Prepare Corrective Action Request (CAR) reports and process returns to vendors.
• Work with suppliers to resolve quality issues.
• Process First Article Samples (FAS); perform FAS inspection, confirm conformance to design, and prepare audit reports for FAS disposition.
• Oversee audits of in-process and final products; conduct visual and functional tests to verify conformance of products to design and quality standards, identify and document the root cause of any non-conformance, and implement corrective actions as appropriate.
• Maintain measurement equipment.
• Respond to customer complaints, including processing Return Merchandise Authorizations (RMAs), perform root cause analysis, and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining control plans, calibration status, and procedures.
• Lead the team to reduce scrap and COPQ.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees