Quality Engineer (Assurance)

Ametek, Inc. • Westerly, RI

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About The Position

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Quality Engineer to ensure the integrity and excellence of products and processes. The role monitors and improves quality systems across the plant, supports customer-specific initiatives, and drives continuous improvement through root cause analysis and corrective actions. The position works with plant teams, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders to address quality requirements and issues, support audits and training, and improve processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Material Science preferred, or an equivalent combination of experience and education in similar fields.
• Manufacturing experience with broad process knowledge.
• Strong experience working in an ISO 9000, AS9100, or other quality management system organization.
• Familiarity with basic inspection and Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Strong experience with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Strong experience working with customers.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and make decisions independently.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States due to ITAR requirements for defense products.

Nice To Haves

• American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer certification or equivalent AS9100 Auditor Training.
• Customer Specific Delegation Training.

Responsibilities

• Monitor quality receiving and production programs to ensure purchased materials and final products conform to quality standards.
• Manage overall quality requirements and improvements for assigned processes and/or customer products.
• Support plant areas with product quality and quality system applications.
• Develop forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Design and develop quality system procedures and instructions.
• Support Return Material Analysis and Material Review Board activities as needed or directed to determine root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to address quality issues.
• Use quality tools—including Pareto analysis, cost-of-quality indicators, statistical tools, capability analysis, cause-and-effect analysis, 8D, and 5 Whys—to solve problems and prevent or reduce waste.
• Meet with vendors, customers, quality representatives, and company personnel to discuss and resolve quality problems.
• Meet with customers to implement, manage, and drive customer-specific initiatives, including supporting additional locations to share lessons learned and process expertise.
• Support quality-related audits as needed.
• Communicate clearly in oral and written form with employees at all levels and customer organizations.
• Support and train workers who measure and test products and tabulate data concerning materials, products, or process quality and reliability.
• Develop training documents and presentations.
• Support risk analysis and PFMEA development through cross-functional groups.
• Interface with customers, respond to concerns, and verify effective results promptly.
• Coordinate First Article Inspections and provide support as needed.
• Promote teamwork and collaborate with other departments on quality-related efforts.
• Travel minimally as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time