Quality Engineer

Polaris Inc.•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide Quality Engineering support and leadership for fabrication operations teams at the Polaris facility. Assignments will involve both proactive and reactive solutions to address quality issues affecting internal manufacturing, which includes weld, tube bend, laser cutting, hole piercing. This individual will be responsible for managing the quality, employees and assigned processes for all related aspects of these areas.

Requirements

Five (5) or more years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Process Engineering or equivalent field required.
Weld experience preferred.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, manufacturing environment.
Ability to lead technicians in inspection methods for fabrication quality processes.
Ability to read, interpret and improve weld and tube bending prints.
Strong process improvement skills Kaizen, Six Sigma, Control Plans, Print reading skills.
Experience with and knowledge of how to properly apply GD&T to fabricated components.
Leadership experience with hourly employees.
Must be a self-starter and able to work independently without supervision.

Nice To Haves

advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

Support Polaris quality initiatives and programs as required.
Lead and support Quality auditors and Technicians on Fabrication quality issues.
Participate or lead failure analysis, root cause and corrective action investigations.
Manage and report on internal process quality metrics; identify opportunities for continuous improvement and lead improvement initiatives.
Communicate process issues/problems/concerns to Quality and Operations leadership.
Generate quality instructions and/or procedures as needed to contain quality issues or to assist with process validations.
Partner directly with the Operations teams to improve the use of measurement systems.
Conduct and/or support internal audits and product transfers as needed.
Perform process capability studies.