Quality Engineer

3M•Aberdeen, SD

34d•$98,964 - $120,957•Onsite

About The Position

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World. Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. The Impact You’ll Make in this Role As a Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by: Assuring compliance to internal procedures and external customer requirements and regulations Representing the customer, evaluating customer complaints and issues, samples and trends, and determining the necessary action plans Leading Corrective Action Prevention Action (CAPA), Risk Management, Quality at the Source and Customer Quality Index initiatives and deployment Assisting deployment of Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodology to control Key Process Indicators (KPI) Using statistical techniques to create sampling plans and execute data analysis. Developing new test methods and execute test method validations for new and existing products Participating in internal/external quality system and process audits Providing change management oversight from the quality function to ensure adequate training and/or qualification of changes to assigned products and processes Providing support to process engineering team.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or higher in a science, engineering, math, or technical discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.
To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only.
Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.
All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M.
This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.
It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned.
Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

Nice To Haves

Two (2) or more years of experience in engineering, quality, or other technical role
Statistical knowledge and Lean Six Sigma familiarity
ISO 13485 or ISO 9001 audit experience
Previous quality experience in a medical device or drug manufacturing environment
Experience deploying industry specific quality system requirements beyond ISO9001 (e.g. NIOSH, CSA, ANSI etc.)
Test method development and validation experience

Responsibilities

Assuring compliance to internal procedures and external customer requirements and regulations
Representing the customer, evaluating customer complaints and issues, samples and trends, and determining the necessary action plans
Leading Corrective Action Prevention Action (CAPA), Risk Management, Quality at the Source and Customer Quality Index initiatives and deployment
Assisting deployment of Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodology to control Key Process Indicators (KPI)
Using statistical techniques to create sampling plans and execute data analysis.
Developing new test methods and execute test method validations for new and existing products
Participating in internal/external quality system and process audits
Providing change management oversight from the quality function to ensure adequate training and/or qualification of changes to assigned products and processes
Providing support to process engineering team
Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.
Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.