Quality Engineer
About The Position
The Quality Engineer supports the manufacture of complex machined structural parts for the commercial and defense aerospace industry. The role includes new part development, process improvement, production troubleshooting, and customer liaison work related to quality issues and configuration changes. Working cross-functionally with Manufacturing Engineers, Programmers, Production, and Contract Program Managers, the Quality Engineer helps resolve discrepancies, conducts internal audits, and leads cause-and-corrective-action activities. The position ensures processes and procedures comply with regulations, corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and documentation meets requirements. The role may specialize in areas such as design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control, or research and development as they relate to product or process quality. The engineer may be certified in lean and Six Sigma quality engineering methodologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 5 years of manufacturing quality engineering experience in the aerospace industry; a combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Working knowledge of machining practices, procedures, and supporting processes.
- Ability to analyze and develop policies and procedures; perform root cause analysis, including Pareto, fishbone, and 5Y methods; and perform process mapping.
- Proficiency in technical interpretation of engineering documents, drawings, blueprints, and models.
- Ability to apply mathematical operations to tasks such as frequency distributions, test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
- Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize own work.
- Ability to contribute effectively to a team effort.
- Strong interpersonal and customer-oriented skills.
- Proficiency with computer applications including MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio, and Visual Manufacturing software.
- Ability to read and write English.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
Responsibilities
- Know and follow general company and corporate policies and procedures, as well as department policies and procedures.
- Meet personal goals and workplace expectations.
- Lead cause-and-corrective-action activities, follow up on commitments, and document results.
- Lead or participate in Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) events.
- Standardize and optimize inspection plans.
- Establish in-process inspection and operator certification programs.
- Track key quality data, including MRB, rejection causes, process discrepancies, escapes, and rework.
- Manage customer tags and communicate with customer technical representatives to resolve discrepancies.
- Review and approve AS 9102 First Article Inspection Reports.
- Review manufacturing planning for compliance with customer and internal quality requirements.
- Help train new manufacturing employees as needed.
- Serve as the quality contact for assigned customer products.
- Disposition internally generated non-conformance reports.
- Confer with management, production, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and related considerations to facilitate production processes.
- Confer with planning staff about product tooling to ensure efficient production methods.
- Confer with vendors about product specifications, arrange purchases of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluate products against specifications and quality standards.
- Design sequences of operations and specify procedures for fabricating tools and equipment and for other functions affecting product performance.
- Inspect machinery, equipment, and tools for efficiency, and investigate and initiate corrective actions for problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
- Consult customer specification documents to develop operations routing for manufactured products.
- Report to work on time, follow instructions, interact well with coworkers, and understand and follow work rules and procedures.
- Perform other duties as needed or assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
