Quality Engineer

SSW Advanced Technologies • Henderson, TN

24d • Onsite

About The Position

SSW Advanced Technologies, LLC is a growing multinational supplier to global appliance OEMs, with more than 70 years of expertise designing and selling components and systems for residential appliances, commercial refrigeration, HVAC, retail display, and home/office organizational markets. The Onsite Quality Engineer designs, develops, tests, and evaluates integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, production coordination, and human work factors.

The role is responsible for product quality conditions and for achieving external quality goals in alignment with internal goals. The engineer works closely with manufacturing floor activities, supports new projects and Lean process development, and uses preventative quality techniques to improve product quality, reduce in-line defects, and reduce scrap. The position reports to the Quality Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• At least 3 years of quality engineering experience.
• Experience as a direct customer contact with major OEMs.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with internal and external contacts.
• Ability to interpret product drawings, including GD&T, and technical standards.
• Ability to make formal presentations.
• Good problem-solving skills using corrective-action disciplines.
• Good understanding of Microsoft software packages.
• Ability to work within and lead a team.
• Experience in basic operational disciplines including manufacturing, quality, process/tooling, and shop-floor supervision.
• Availability to work at the office Monday through Friday.
• Detailed and hands-on oriented.

Nice To Haves

• Automotive industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Interpret product drawings and technical standards to develop and implement quality controls and product check methods.
• Ensure product quality conditions and achievement of external quality goals in coherence with internal goals.
• Stop production when nonconforming or suspicious products are about to be produced.
• Participate in new-project teams and verify that appropriate methodologies are used.
• Participate in Lean process development.
• Initiate 8-D problem-solving processes for customer or internal rejects, form teams to determine root causes and corrective actions, and verify the effectiveness of actions.
• Implement improvements on the manufacturing floor and address internal quality issues.
• Train operators.
• Work closely with manufacturing floor-side activities.
• Use preventative quality techniques to improve product quality and reduce in-line defects and scrap.
• Lead corrective-action activities and communicate with customers or suppliers as required.
• Develop, review, and maintain FMEAs, Control Plans, and Quality Check Sheets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time